Blue Bird Recalls School Buses with Defective Wheelchair Lifts
Blue Bird is recalling 2015-2019 Vision and All American school buses because a wheelchair lift component may fail, causing the platform to rise too high and increasing the risk of injury.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a structural vehicle defect where a component failure could cause a wheelchair user to fall, increasing the risk of injury. No injuries or fatalities are reported in the source text, placing this in the 'High' category per the rubric for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.
Plain-English summary
Blue Bird Body Company is recalling certain 2015-2019 Vision and All American school buses equipped with Ricon S-Series Titanium Wheelchair lifts. The recall involves 787 vehicles. The defect involves the wheelchair lift positioning input cam, which may fail while the lift is in use. This failure allows the platform to travel higher than the vehicle's floor height, causing the vehicle to fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 403, "Platform Lift Systems."
If the wheelchair lift platform raises above the height of the vehicle floor, the wheelchair user could fall inwards toward the vehicle, increasing their risk of injury. The source text does not report any specific injuries or fatalities associated with this defect.
Blue Bird will notify owners, and Ricon dealers will replace the wheelchair lift positioning input cam free of charge. The recall began on March 4, 2019. Owners may contact Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R19ZP-SB. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The recalled product
- Product
- BLUE BIRD ALL AMERICAN, VISION
- Brand
- BLUE BIRD
- Manufacturer
- Blue Bird Body Company
- Category
- Vehicle — School Bus
- Affected units
- 787
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Model numbers (2)
- ALL AMERICAN
- VISION
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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