The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2018-2023 Blue Bird Vision transit buses equipped with Roush fuel return lines included in GEN 4 and GEN 5 LPG Conversion Systems that were installed on vehicles sold or registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The zinc-plating on the fuel return line may break away when contacted by road debris, causing two dissimilar metals on the fuel line to contact each other and corrode.
The risk
A corroded fuel line can leak fuel, increasing the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the fuel return lines, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 24, 2023. Owners may contact Blue Bird's customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R22BX-NSB.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Blue Bird Vision | 2018, 2019 |
| Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
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 Vision | 2018 | 0 | 35 |
| Blue Bird Vision | 2019 | 0 | 41 |
| Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 2020 | 0 | 29 |
| Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 2021 | 1 | 26 |
| Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 2022 | 0 | 17 |
| Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 2023 | 1 | 14 |
| Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 2020 | 0 | 15 |
| Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 2021 | 0 | 13 |
| Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 2022 | 0 | 8 |
| Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 2023 | 0 | 10 |
Other fuel system, other recalls in 2022
6 of the 933 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2022 concerned the fuel system, other; Blue Bird Body Company filed 162 campaigns in all.
| 22V851000 18 Nov 2022 | Coach and Equipment Mfg. Corp. |
| 22V736000 4 Oct 2022 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 22V579000 4 Aug 2022 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 22V408000 9 Jun 2022 | Roush CleanTech, LLC |
| 22V228000 7 Apr 2022 | Hyundai Motor America |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2022