By model year
Blue Bird Vcta complaints by model year
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.
Model line
Blue Bird Vcta
Every Blue Bird Vcta model year on file, 1988 to 1998. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years111988 to 1998
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins10Summed across model years
Components
Complaints by component
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each Blue Bird Vcta 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.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1992 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1991 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Blue Bird Vcta
- 98V-108 May 18, 1998
Vehicle description: school buses
Structure · 385 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 - 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.