Blue Bird A3RE Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 3 owner complaints across 11 model years of the Blue Bird A3RE (2002–2013). The most-complained-about year is 2002.
Pick your Blue Bird A3RE model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 Blue Bird A3RE | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 Blue Bird A3RE | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 Blue Bird A3RE | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 Blue Bird A3RE | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 Blue Bird A3RE | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 Blue Bird A3RE | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 Blue Bird A3RE | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 Blue Bird A3RE | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 Blue Bird A3RE | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 Blue Bird A3RE | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 Blue Bird A3RE | 0 | 1 |
What Blue Bird A3RE owners complain about
Across all model years, owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The 2002 model year has the most, with 1.
All Blue Bird A3RE recalls (1)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Blue Bird A3RE, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Seats
A-Z Bus Sales, Inc. (A-Z Bus) is recalling certain model year 2005-2013 Blue Bird A3RE and D3RE school buses equipped with C.E. White-brand flip seats.
Remedy: A-Z Bus Sales will notify the school bus owners of the safety recall. A-Z Bus Sales will install a safety guard to cover the gap in the lower frame of the flip seat. Owners can contact A-Z Bus at 1-800-437-5522 or C.…
Model years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Other Blue Bird models
- All American52 complaints
- TC200038 complaints
- School Bus33 complaints
- Vision23 complaints
- Conventional14 complaints
- Blue Bird13 complaints
- Wanderlodge M450 Lxi9 complaints
- All American School Bus8 complaints
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.