Blue Bird Electrical System: Module

Blue Bird is recalling about 2 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. An engine that stalls without warning increases the risk of a crash.

Campaign
15V591000
Manufacturer
Blue Bird Body Company
Reported
23 September 2015
Vehicles
2
Built between
Aug 2015 – Aug 2015
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
7 October 2015
Repaired
100%
Unrepaired
0

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2015 and August 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2016 Blue Bird VisionBuilt August 2015 to August 2015

Repair progress

The manufacturer reports every reachable vehicle in this recall has been repaired, as of Q4 2015.

100% repaired — 2 of 2 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2016 Vision school buses manufactured on August 16, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the Engine Control Module (ECM) may short circuit, causing the engine to stall without warning.

What could happen

An engine that stalls without warning increases the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

The affected buses have been corrected. Therefore, an owner notification letter will not be issued for this campaign.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2015 to August 2015
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA23 September 2015
  3. Owners notified7 October 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2015 — 100% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 23 September 2015.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Blue Bird's customer service number at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's recall number is R15YG-SB.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
R15YG-SB
Recalling manufacturer
Blue Bird Body Company
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

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.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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