- Vehicles
- 912
- Built between
- Until Nov 1992
- Models
- 4
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- NHTSA investigation
- Owners notified
- 22 March 1993
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between an unspecified date and November 1992. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1990, 1992 Blue Bird ALL AmericanBuilt unknown to November 1992
- 1989, 1991 Blue Bird ALL-AmericanBuilt unknown to November 1992
- 1989-1992 Blue Bird ConventionalBuilt unknown to November 1992
- 1989-1992 Blue Bird TC2000Built unknown to November 1992
What the defect is
The electric vandal lock center plunger can tap the control lock pin, of the outward opening door, which causes the door lock to become disengaged.
What could happen
The disengaged door lock allows the door to open withoutprior warning and endanger occupants near the door if the vehicle is in motion.
What gets fixed
MODIFY THE VANDAL DOOR LOCKS WITH BLUE BIRD SUPPLIED KITS.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtunknown to November 1992
- Recall reported to NHTSA24 December 1992
- Owners notified22 March 1993
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 24 December 1992.
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.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
- Recall initiated by
- ODI
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
System: structure.vehicle description: school buses equipped with outward opening door withelectric vandal locks. Models all-american forward control, all-american rearengine, gmc conventional, standard bus conventional, TC2000 forward control,and TC2000 rear engine.
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.