The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Vision and All American school buses manufactured July 8, 2014, to September 22, 2014. These buses, equipped with hydraulic brakes, may have an incorrectly manufactured parking brake pedal assembly which could separate and bend causing the parking brake not to engage properly.
The risk
If the parking brake does not engage properly, the vehicle may unexpectedly move, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the date code on the parking brake pedal assembly and will replace the assembly if it is within that date range, free of charge. The recall began on January 29, 2015. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R14XR.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Blue Bird ALL American | 2015, 2016 |
| Blue Bird Vision | 2015, 2016 |
Components: PARKING BRAKE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird ALL American | 2015 | 3 | 27 |
| Blue Bird ALL American | 2016 | 1 | 20 |
| Blue Bird Vision | 2015 | 4 | 27 |
| Blue Bird Vision | 2016 | 2 | 27 |
Other parking brake recalls in 2014
11 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the parking brake; Blue Bird Body Company filed 162 campaigns in all.
| 14V810000 29 Dec 2014 | PACCAR Incorporated |
| 14V814000 23 Dec 2014 | Caterpillar Inc. |
| 14V797000 17 Dec 2014 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 14V791000 15 Dec 2014 | Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc. |
| 14V726000 12 Nov 2014 | Wabash National Corporation |
| 14V716000 7 Nov 2014 | PACCAR Incorporated |
| 14V681000 29 Oct 2014 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 14V568000 17 Sept 2014 | General Motors LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014