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Blue Bird A3FE

Every Blue Bird A3FE model year on file, 1999 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years141999 to 2012
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins52Summed across model years
By model year

The 2012 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75119992001200320052007200920121
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Blue Bird A3FE complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
1
Steering
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Blue Bird A3FE model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Blue Bird A3FE by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012Bus10.067003
2011Not decoded0NoneNone003
2010Not decoded0NoneNone008
2009Not decoded0NoneNone005
2008Not decoded0NoneNone005
2007Not decoded0NoneNone205
2006Not decoded0NoneNone003
2005Not decoded0NoneNone203
2004Not decoded0NoneNone003
2003Not decoded0NoneNone003
2002Not decoded0NoneNone003
2001Not decoded0NoneNone003
2000Not decoded0NoneNone003
1999Not decoded0NoneNone002
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Blue Bird A3FE

  • 08V-631 Dec 2, 2008
    These lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the…
    Adaptive equipment · 2 vehicles
  • 08V-630 Dec 2, 2008
    These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installations in motor…
    Adaptive equipment · 2 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.