Blue Bird Mbwb Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 5 model years of the Blue Bird Mbwb (1992–1996).

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All Blue Bird Mbwb recalls (3)

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

1. Seats

   NHTSA 96V126001 Reported July 11, 1996 11,371 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

   Vehicle description: school buses equipped with bostrom driver's seat model f222 or bostrum "routemaster" seat. Blue bird option 2821 or 2824. The seat pedestals are fatigue cracking adjacent to the weld which secures the pedestal's upper plate to the upper, telescoping portion of the adjustable column support.

   Remedy: Dealers will repair these pedestals with a newly designed pedestal bracket kit.

   Model years: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

2. Body (structure)

   NHTSA 95V150000 Reported August 7, 1995 2,557 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

   The floor line handrail bracket can expand during use and create an opening which could entrap coat strings, etc. And other articles of clothing.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the flat split floor line bracket with a round tubular bracket.

   Model years: 1994, 1995, 1996

3. Knee bolster (air bags)

   NHTSA 95V051000 Reported March 14, 1995 2,309 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

   The aisle side styrofoam knee pads on the subject barriers are 11" wide and not 14.5" as required by FMVSS no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection."

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the incorrect pad with the correct 14.5" knee pad.

   Model years: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

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.