Blue Bird Body Company: Equipment Adaptive/Mobility:Wheelchair Lift/Ramp (2025 BLUE BIRD VISION TRANSIT BUS, 2026 BLUE BIRD VISION SCHOOL BUS, 2027 BLUE BIRD VISION SCHOOL BUS)
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- Company / brand
- Blue Bird Body Company
- Product
- 2025 BLUE BIRD VISION TRANSIT BUS; 2026 BLUE BIRD VISION SCHOOL BUS; 2027 BLUE BIRD VISION SCHOOL BUS
- Reason / hazard
- A wheelchair lift that fails increases the risk of injury.
- What to do (remedy)
- Blue Bird will install the missing support brace, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 4, 2026. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242.
- Distribution / sold at
- Potentially affected: 52
- Defect
- Blue Bird Bus Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2025-2027 Vision school buses. The wheelchair lift may have a missing support brace, causing the wheelchair lift to fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 404, "Platform Lift Installations."
- Component
- EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR LIFT/RAMP
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