The defect
Blue Bird Bus Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2025-2027 Vision school buses. The wheelchair lift may have a missing support brace, causing the wheelchair lift to fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 404, "Platform Lift Installations."
The risk
A wheelchair lift that fails increases the risk of injury.
The remedy
Blue Bird will install the missing support brace, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 4, 2026. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 2026, 2027 |
| Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 2025 |
Components: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR LIFT/RAMP
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 School Bus | 2026 | 1 | 8 |
| Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 2027 | 0 | 7 |
| Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 2025 | 0 | 4 |
Other equipment adaptive/mobility recalls in 2025
21 of the 891 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2025 concerned the equipment adaptive/mobility; Blue Bird Body Company filed 162 campaigns in all.
| 25V880000 18 Dec 2025 | International Motors, LLC |
| 25V879000 18 Dec 2025 | International Motors, LLC |
| 25V877000 17 Dec 2025 | Vantage Mobility |
| 25V876000 17 Dec 2025 | Rollx Vans |
| 25V870000 16 Dec 2025 | Gillig, LLC |
| 25V861000 12 Dec 2025 | Diamond Coach Corporation |
| 25V851000 10 Dec 2025 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 25V849000 9 Dec 2025 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2025