- Vehicles
- 52
- Built between
- Jul 2024 – Oct 2025
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 4 February 2026
- Repaired
- 0%
- Unrepaired
- 52
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between July 2024 and October 2025. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2026-2027 Blue Bird Vision School BUSBuilt unknown to October 2025
- 2025 Blue Bird Vision Transit BUSBuilt July 2024 to unknown
Repair progress
52 of 52 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.
0% repaired — 0 of 52 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 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."
What could happen
A wheelchair lift that fails increases the risk of injury.
What gets fixed
Blue Bird will install the missing support brace, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 4, 2026.
Parts involved
- Center Brace for Ricon Lift10056541, 01522713, 0054321, 01107085Center Bracket, Nut, Bolt and Washer
Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJuly 2024 to October 2025
- Recall reported to NHTSA10 December 2025
- Owners notified4 February 2026
- Latest repair reportQ2 2026 — 0% 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 10 December 2025.
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 customer service at 1-478-822-2242.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- Blue Bird Body Company
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 404
- 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.
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.