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Blue Bird Sbcv

Every Blue Bird Sbcv model year on file, 1980 to 2008. 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 years291980 to 2008
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins29Summed across model years
By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.75119801983198619891992199511998200120042008
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Structure leads the Blue Bird Sbcv complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Blue Bird Sbcv 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 Sbcv by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2008Not decoded0NoneNone003
2007Not decoded0NoneNone002
2006Not decoded0NoneNone002
2005Not decoded0NoneNone002
2004Not decoded0NoneNone002
2003Not decoded0NoneNone002
2002Not decoded0NoneNone002
2001Not decoded0NoneNone002
2000Not decoded0NoneNone002
1999Not decoded0NoneNone001
1998Not decoded0NoneNone101
1997Bus10.067101
1996Not decoded0NoneNone401
1995Not decoded0NoneNone701
1994Not decoded0NoneNone501
1993Not decoded0NoneNone301
1992Not decoded0NoneNone201
1991Not decoded0NoneNone101
1990Not decoded0NoneNone101
1989Not decoded0NoneNone100
1988Not decoded0NoneNone200
1987Not decoded0NoneNone100
1986Not decoded0NoneNone100
1985Not decoded0NoneNone100
1984Not decoded0NoneNone100
1983Not decoded0NoneNone100
1982Not decoded0NoneNone100
1981Not decoded0NoneNone100
1980Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Blue Bird Sbcv

  • 98V-037 Feb 23, 1998
    Vehicle description: school buses mounted on freightliner fs-65 chassis
    Visibility and wipers · 564 vehicles
  • 96V-126-001 Jul 11, 1996
    Vehicle description: school buses equipped with bostrom driver's seat model f222 or bostrum "routemaster" seat
    Seats · 11k vehicles
  • 96V-078 May 3, 1996
    Passenger's clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus
    Structure · 203 vehicles
  • 96V-073 May 3, 1996
    Passenger's clothing can unknowingly become caught in the forward handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus
    Structure · 18k vehicles
  • 96V-011 Jan 23, 1996
    Wrong circuit breaker was installed in the electrical panel which could cause an interruption of the 8-light warning system
    Electrical system · 307 vehicles
  • 96V-023 Jan 1, 1996
    These vehicles could have a latch which scrapes an aluminum trim piece increasing the force required to open
    Visibility and wipers · 117 vehicles
  • 95V-187 Oct 2, 1995
    Passengers clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at the bus doors when exiting the bus
    Structure · 74k vehicles
  • 95V-150 Aug 7, 1995
    Floor line handrail bracket can expand during use and create an opening which could entrap coat strings, etc
    Structure · 2,557 vehicles
  • 95V-051 Mar 14, 1995
    Aisle side styrofoam knee pads on the subject barriers are 11" wide and not 14.5" as required by fmvss no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and…
    Airbags · 2,309 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.