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Blue Bird ALL American School BUS

Every Blue Bird ALL American School BUS model year on file, 2020 to 2027. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years81 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years82020 to 2027

Recall campaigns30Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins34Summed across model years

By model year

The 2020 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 50% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Seats leads the Blue Bird ALL American School BUS complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seats

Electrical system

Structure

Engine and cooling

Fuel system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Blue Bird ALL American School BUS 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 ALL American School BUS by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2027	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	0
2026	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	0
2025	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1
2024	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	1
2023	Bus	2	0.0	100	6	3
2022	Bus	2	50.0	200	10	7
2021	Not decoded	0	None	None	18	6
2020	Bus	4	0.0	None	20	16

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Blue Bird ALL American School BUS

26V-246 Apr 17, 2026
Retention nuts between the wiper blades and the mounting arms may have been improperly tightened
Visibility and wipers · 103 vehicles
26V-032 Jan 22, 2026
Windows may have illegible DOT markings
Visibility and wipers · 432 vehicles
25V-851 Dec 10, 2025
Retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured
Adaptive equipment · 310 vehicles
25V-289 May 6, 2025
Seat mounting fasteners may have been improperly tightened
Seats · 34 vehicles
25V-004 Jan 8, 2025
Due to incorrect wiring, the high and low beams are reversed, causing the high beam indicator to illuminate incorrectly
Electrical system · 1 vehicles
25V-003 Jan 8, 2025
Due to incorrect wiring, the high and low beams are reversed, causing the high beam indicator to illuminate incorrectly
Electrical system · 91 vehicles
24V-758 Oct 11, 2024
Emergency exit label operating instructions lettering is too small and may be difficult to read
Equipment · 28k vehicles
24V-543 Jul 19, 2024
Exterior roof joint may have been manufactured with insufficient strength that can allow the roof panels to separate in a crash
Structure · 17k vehicles
24V-078 Feb 7, 2024
Convertible seats may have been incorrectly installed, which can result in an unsecured seat
Seats · 6,691 vehicles
23V-778 Nov 20, 2023
Bolts securing the restraining barriers to the floor may separate when fully loaded
Structure · 6,124 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.