Blue Bird Visibility: Critical Fasteners

Blue Bird is recalling about 103 vehicles over a problem with the visibility. Loose fasteners may cause the windshield wipers to become inoperative, reducing visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
26V246000
Manufacturer
Blue Bird Body Company
Reported
17 April 2026
Vehicles
103
Built between
May 2025 – Jan 2026
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 June 2026
Repaired
0%
Unrepaired
103

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2025 and January 2026. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2026-2027 Blue Bird ALL American School BUSBuilt May 2025 to January 2026
  • 2026 Blue Bird ALL American School BUS (electric)Built May 2025 to January 2026

Repair progress

103 of 103 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.

0% repaired — 0 of 103 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 2026-2027 All American school buses. The retention nuts between the wiper blades and the mounting arms may have been improperly tightened.

What could happen

Loose fasteners may cause the windshield wipers to become inoperative, reducing visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Dealers will inspect and tighten the fasteners as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 11. 2026.

Parts involved

  • All-weather Wiper Blade03442-03WIPER BLADES, ALL-WEATHER, 26IN

Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2025 to January 2026
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA17 April 2026
  3. Owners notified11 June 2026
  4. 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 17 April 2026.

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
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.

Same component

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