Blue Bird Micro Bird Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 32 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 25 model years of the Blue Bird Micro Bird (1987–2011).
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| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 5 | 0 |
| 2010 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 12 | 0 |
| 2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 14 | 0 |
| 2008 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 16 | 0 |
| 2007 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 10 | 0 |
| 2006 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 10 | 0 |
| 2005 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 Blue Bird Micro Bird | 1 | 0 |
All Blue Bird Micro Bird recalls (32)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Blue Bird Micro Bird, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
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…
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…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2007-2015 All American and Vision and 2007-2011 Micro Bird transit 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…
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…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2007-2015 All American and 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 by Ricon Corporation. The platform side plate of the affected…
Remedy: Blue Bird will notify owners to take buses to a Ricon dealer or service center who will install supplemental platform support bumpers. Any platform that has already started cracking will be replaced, free of charge.…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2007-2015 All American, 2007-2010 Micro Bird, and 2007-2014 Vision non-school buses equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon Corporation. The platform side plate of the affected wheelchair lifts may…
Remedy: Blue Bird will notify owners to take buses to a Ricon dealer or service center who will install supplemental platform support bumpers. Any platform that has already started cracking will be replaced, free of charge.…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2009 through 2011 all american, vision, and micro bird school buses equipped with braun vista-2 wheelchair lifts. Over time and with frequent use, the roll stop latches on the outer barrier may become bent or misaligned.
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners, and the repairs will be performed by authorized braun dealers free of charge. The safety recall began on april 26, 2012. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue bird has notified NHTSA about a defect in certain model year 2008 through 2011 all american, conventional, and micro bird school buses manufactured from december 13, 2007 through january 18, 2010 equipped with ricon model s or k series public use wheelchair lifts. The restraint belt on these lifts was designed to prevent the lift…
Remedy: Blue bird is working with ricon and ricon will be handling the remedy for this campaign. Please see ricon's defect report 09e-060. Ricon will provide customers with a warning decal and a dvd-based training aid. The…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue bird has notified NHTSA about a defect in certain model year 2008 through 2010 all american, conventional, and micro bird transi buses manufactured from december 16, 2007 through december 21, 2009 equipped with ricon model s or k series public use wheelchair lifts. The restraint belt on these lifts was designed to prevent the lift…
Remedy: Blue bird is working with ricon and ricon will be handling the remedy for this campaign. Please see ricon's defect report 09e-060. Ricon will provide customers with a warning decal and a dvd-based training aid. The…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue bird has notified NHTSA about a defect in certain model year 2010 all american, conventional, and micro bird school buses manufactured from april 24 through november 14, 2009 equipped with certain ricon s series and k series l-model wheelchair lifts. There is a problem in the software that controls the lift's "up" function. If the…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and the repairs will be performed by authorized ricon dealers free of charge. Currently ricon is developing a software solution and is not available. Until the software solution is…
Model years: 2010
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Roof and pillars (structure)
Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2008 through 2010 micro bird school buses manufactured from august 28, 2007 through october 29, 2009. An incorrect number of rivets may have been installed in the front roof cap that attaches to the front roof sheet. These buses fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and repair the buses free of charge. The safety recall began on december 29, 2009. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
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Labels (equipment)
Certain model year 2006 through 2010 blue bird micro bird single rear wheel model school buses manufactured from august 31, 2005 through september 27, 2009, fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, "tire selection and rims." if the vehicle is not equipped with a spare tire, then the tire and loading placard…
Remedy: Blue bird will provide replacement tire and loading placards with the appropriate spare tire indicated to owners free of charge. The campaign began on december 29, 2009. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
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School bus stop arm assembly (other)
Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2008 and 2009 all american, vision, and micro bird school buses manufactured between april 18, 2008 and february 11, 2009, equipped with specialty manufacturing, inc. (smi) 000290 LED light kits. A change to the wire used in the LED light kits may reduce the effective life of the lights used on…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and the buses will be repaired free of charge. Repairs will be performed by smi. The safety recall began on september 24, 2009. Owners may contact smi warranty service at 1-800-951-7867 or…
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Seats
Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2004 through 2010 all american, vision, micro bird, and conventional school buses manufactured between january 30, 2003 and may 7, 2009. Incorrect offset leg barrier pads or 2/3 seat back pads may have been installed. Buses with incorrect pads installed fail to conform to the requirements of…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and the buses will be repaired free of charge. The safety recall began on september 18, 2009. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
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Seats
Blue bird is recalling 69 model year 2008 through 2010 micro bird and vision school buses manufactured from september 29, 2007 through may 2, 2009, equipped with optional 34 inch offset barrier. The offset leg of the barrier frame may have been located incorrectly and incorrect padding may have been installed on the 34 inch offset…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and replace the barrier pads with a new designed pad free of charge. The safety recall began on august 12, 2009. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue bird is recalling 803 my 2006 through 2009 micro bird school buses manufactured from july 27, 2005, through august 20, 2008, equipped with optional wheelchair lifts. The wheelchair lift enable switch, if set to the "off" position while the lift is deployed can render the wheelchair interlocks inoperative.
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and repair the buses free of charge. The recall began on october 22, 2008. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue bird is recalling 2,503 my 2006-2008 all american, conventional, and micro bird school and transit buses equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the anti-stow interlock may not…
Remedy: Blue bird is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts (please see 07e097). The recall began on september 30, 2008. Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Blue bird is recalling 2,129 my 2006-2008 all american, conventional, and micro bird school and transit buses manufactured between may 3, 2005 and february 15, 2008, equipped with ricon model 1200, 2000, and 5500 platform style wheel chair lifts. These buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard…
Remedy: Blue bird is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e095). The recall is expected to begin on or about april 28, 2008. Owners may contact ricon at 1-800-322-2884 or blue bird at…
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Turn signal (exterior lighting)
Blue bird is recalling 45 my 2008-2009 micro-bird school buses manufactured from october 1, 2007 through january 28, 2008, mounted on general motors chassis with option 3016-05 or 30117-05 LED rear turn signals. These buses fail to comply with the flash rate requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps,…
Remedy: Owners will be provided with a resistor to be installed in the turn signal circuit which will bring the LED rear turn signal flash rate with standard requirements. The recall began on march 31, 2008. Owners may contact…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Certain 2006 and 2007 my blue bird all american, conventional, and micro bird school buses manufactured from july 16, 2005 through august 29, 2006, equipped with model 900 series wheelchair lifts manufactured by the braun corporation. The threshold warning system may not activate as designed which fails to conform to federal motor…
Remedy: Owners will be notified by blue bird instructing them to contact braun for free repair. The recall january 16, 2008. Owners can contact either blue bird at 478-822-2242 or braun product support at 1-800-946-7513.
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Fuses and circuit breakers (electrical system)
Certain my 2001 through 2007 blue bird micro bird model school buses mounted on ford diesel chassis produced with an optional battery compartment manufactured from december 14, 2000, through september 5, 2007. A fusible link provided on the ford chassis pdu power cable was removed when the cable was shortened to accommodate an optional…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and repair the buses by installing a fusible link in the pdu power cable circuit and will also provide protective loom to be used as temporary protection around any sections of the power…
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Equipment
Certain 2008 blue bird micro bird school buses manufactured between september 5 and october 15, 2007. The subject buses were manufactured without a rear emergency door audible alarm/buzzer which fails to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217, 'bus emergency exits and window retention and release.'
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and repair the buses free of charge. The recall began on february 4, 2008. Owners can contact blue bird at 478-822-2242.
Model years: 2008
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Body (structure)
Certain blue bird my 2006 micro bird school buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 301, "fuel system integrity." the affected buses were produced with an 8 inch bumper rather than a 10 inch bumper.
Remedy: Blue bird will notify its customers and replace the bumper free of charge. The recall began on march 13, 2006. Owners may contact blue bird at 478-822-2242.
Model years: 2006
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Equipment
Certain 2006 my blue bird microbird school buses equipped with a wheelchair lift manufactured from july 1 and november 14, 2005. The shift interlock system was not installed during production which fails to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard nos. 403, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles, and 404, "platform lift…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and repair the buses by installing the required shift interlock system free of charge. The recall began on november 29, 2005. Owners may contact blue bird at 478-822-2242.
Model years: 2006
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School bus stop arm assembly (other)
Certain school buses originally sold in or currently registered in the following states: alaska, colorado, connecticut, delaware, idaho, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north dakota, ohio,…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify its customers and replace the original switch with a switch pack that is not sensitive to extreme cold weather and will inspect to ensure the microswitch heater wiring is properly connected free…
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School bus stop arm assembly (other)
Certain blue bird 2002 through 2006 my all american, conventional, minibird, microbird, vision, and tc2000 school buses originally sold in or currently registered in states other than the following states: alaska, colorado, connecticut, delaware, idaho, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan,…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify all its customers of this campaign. For those buses operated in or near any of the states listed above, blue bird is encouraging the bus owners to obtain the replacement switch. For those buses…
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Markings (tires)
Certain my 2003 thru 2005 blue bird micro bird and conventional school buses. These buses do not have the tire load range on both the tire information label and certification decal as required by federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 120, tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars.
Remedy: Blue bird will mail to final stage manufacturers, certification decals with the tire load rating indicated to its customers. The recall began on may 6, 2005. Owners may contact blue bird at 478-822-2242.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Certain blue bird 1999-2005 all american, tc/2000, micro bird, vision, conventional, and commercial series school buses equipped with sure-loc wheelchair securement systems and manufactured between february 17, 1999, and august 13, 2004. Certain sure-lok wheelchair tie-down securement assemblies p/n 8625-13. The sprocket teeth of the…
Remedy: Blue bird will notify its customers and replace the defective part free of charge. The recall began september 21, 2004. Owners who take their buses to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not…
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Retractor (seat belts)
On certain school and transit buses equipped with passenger seat belts with retractors, the cover halves for the retractable portion of the belt can separate completely and release the seat belt connector. If this occurs, one of the load bearing pins in the connector could separate from the connector and render the seat belt unusable.…
Remedy: Owners will be provided a snap-on "over-cover" to prevent the seat belt cover from separating. Owner notification is expected to begin on or about september 27, 2002. Owners who do not receive the free remedy within a…
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Child seat
Vehicle description: certain 10,000 lb. Gvwr non-school buses with chassis fail to comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 225 "child restraint anchorage systems." these vehicles were manufactured without an upper tether anchorage as required by the standard.
Remedy: Blue bird is designing an upper tether anchorage point to affix to seat frame. Owner notification began january 30, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not…
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Seats
Vehicle description: school buses. The wall side attaching bolts for some of the passenger seats may have been installed too close to the edge of the seat ledge and in the wrong attaching hole resulting in weakening of the seat ledge at the attachment points.
Remedy: Blue bird will furnish to distributors and owners, parts and instructions necessary to strengthen the passenger seat attachment at the wall side.
Model years: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
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Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (fuel system)
Vehicle description: school buses equipped with 30-inch and 34-inch seats and barriers or 36, 39, and 45-inch seats and barriers with offset legs installed in the first body section behind the driver. When narrow seats and barriers (30" and 34") or seats and barriers with offset legs are installed, additional floor reinforcement is…
Remedy: Dealers will place a shield over the additional floor reinforcement to protect the rubber fuel filler hose from chafing.
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Mounting (fuel system)
Vehicle description: school and transit buses. The bolts retaining the fuel tank straps can loosen allowing the fuel tank to dislodge.
Remedy: Owners will be advised to replace the original bolts and nuts in the fuel tank retaining straps with new bolts and nuts that will be provided.
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Door (structure)
Vehicle description: school buses. These buses were not equipped with a positive hold open device (retainer) for the rear emergency door. This does not meet the requirements of FMVSS no. 217, "bus window retention and release."
Remedy: Owners will be provided with free parts and instructions to install the rear emergency door retainer. Owners can contact their dealers and have them install the retainer if they so desire.
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.