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Blue Bird A3FE Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 3 model years of the Blue Bird A3FE (2005–2012). The most-complained-about year is 2012.

2
safety recalls, all years
1
owner complaints, all years
2005
year with most recalls
2012
year with most complaints

Pick your Blue Bird A3FE model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2012 Blue Bird A3FE01
2007 Blue Bird A3FE20
2005 Blue Bird A3FE20

What Blue Bird A3FE owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 2012 model year has the most, with 1.

All Blue Bird A3FE recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Blue Bird A3FE, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 08V630000 Reported 2 vehicles potentially affected CANYON STATE BUS SALES

    Canyon state bus sales is recalling 2 ricon wheelchair lifts which it installed on certain blue bird special needs school buses, model a3fe. These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installations in motor vehicles." the threshold warning system may not detect…

    Remedy: Canyon state bus sales is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e095). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or canyon state bus sales at 1-602-230-1515.

    Model years: 2005, 2007

  2. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 08V631000 Reported 2 vehicles potentially affected CANYON STATE BUS SALES

    Canyon state bus sales is recalling 2 ricon wheelchair lifts which it installed on certain blue bird special need school buses, model a3fe. These lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the anti-stow interlock may not detect the presence of…

    Remedy: Canyon state bus sales is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e097). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or canyon state bus sales at 1-602-230-1515.

    Model years: 2005, 2007

Other Blue Bird models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.