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OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL

15V730000

Equipment Adaptive/mobility

Reported Nov 4, 2015 · Blue Bird Body Company

Summary

Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2007-2015 All American, Vision, 2007-2011 Micro Bird, and 2007-2008 Conventional school buses, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured January 1, 2006, to August 25, 2014 by the Ricon Corporation. The affected lifts are equipped with folding link arms that may have pivot holes that are too big, allowing the bearings to move out of position.

Consequence

If the bearings move out of position, the stowed platform may have excessive movement resulting in failure of the platform mounting. This failure could cause the wheel chair lift platform to fall out of the vehicle when the doors are opened, increasing the risk of injury for the lift operator.

Remedy

Blue Bird will notify owners, and Ricon dealers will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2015. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242, or Ricon Customer Service at 1-800-322-2884.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

This campaign page uses the representative official campaign record. Applicability-specific source variants appear on the linked vehicle pages. Recall counts refer to campaigns, not affected vehicles.

Vehicle entries in this campaign

2015 Blue Bird Vision2015 Blue Bird All American2014 Blue Bird Vision2014 Blue Bird All American2013 Blue Bird Vision2013 Blue Bird All American2012 Blue Bird All American2012 Blue Bird Vision2011 Blue Bird Vision2011 Blue Bird All American2011 Blue Bird Micro Bird2010 Blue Bird Vision2010 Blue Bird Micro Bird2010 Blue Bird All American2009 Blue Bird Vision2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird2009 Blue Bird All American2008 Blue Bird Micro Bird2008 Blue Bird All American2008 Blue Bird Vision2008 Blue Bird Conventional2007 Blue Bird Micro Bird2007 Blue Bird Vision2007 Blue Bird Conventional2007 Blue Bird All American

This is model-level recall history. It does not confirm whether a particular VIN is affected or has received the repair. Check with NHTSA ↗