Recall Register

Bluebird: recalls by model and year

NHTSA lists 2 vehicle recall campaigns for Bluebird. The register has 1 model line of the make, model year 1998. NHTSA has no complaint on file for the make.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model lines

1 model line, in the order of the number of complaints.

Bluebird: recall campaigns and complaints for each model line
Model lineModel yearsCampaignsComplaintsComplaints for each model yearComponent with the most mentions
TC20001200.0

This table compares the model lines of Bluebird only. The NHTSA files have no sales figures. A model line with more vehicles on the road gets more complaints. This site does not compare one make with a different make.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Newest recall campaigns

The newest 2 of 2.

  1. 08V526000Received . 8 units.

    Equipment Adaptive/Mobility

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Matthews is recalling 8 my 1998 bluebird, my 2004 ford e450, my 2005-2006 thomas built bus, my 2006 international bus, my 2007 chevrolet 5500, freightliner and dodge sprinter trucks, transit buses, and specialty vehicles equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift system accessible for motor vehicles." the anti-stow interlock may not detect the presence of a wheelchair or mobility aid user. The pressure sensing switch that detects the presence of weight on the platform was not adjusted to the necessary sensitivity level. The lift could stow even though someone or something is still on the lift.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    A lift occupant can be injured should the lift begin to stow unintentionally.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Matthews is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e097). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or mattews specialty at 336-297-9600.

    Report filed by MATTHEWS SPECIALTY VEHICLES. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: . The campaign has 8 make, model and year entries.

  2. 08V524000Received . 8 units.

    Equipment Adaptive/Mobility

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Matthews is recalling 8 my 1998 bluebird, my 2004 ford e450, my 2005-2006 thomas built buses, my 2006 international bus, my 2007 chevrolet 5500, freightliner and dodge sprinter trucks, transit buses, and specialty vehicles equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installation in motor vehicles." the threshold warning system may not detect the presence of a wheelchair or mobility aid user in a certain spot within the defined threshold area.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The user of the lift could be injured should the lift move unintentionally.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Matthews is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e095). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or matthews specialty at 336-297-9600.

    Report filed by MATTHEWS SPECIALTY VEHICLES. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: . The campaign has 8 make, model and year entries.

Download all 2 campaigns of Bluebird (CSV)

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name Bluebird vehicles, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2008, with 2 campaigns.
Complaints about Bluebird vehicles, by the year NHTSA received them.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Bluebird: recalls by model and year. https://recallregister.com/make/bluebird/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
Investigations that name the make
0
Units in the campaigns
16

Manufacturers in the recall file: MATTHEWS SPECIALTY VEHICLES.

The make name is the name in the NHTSA files. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Bluebird model lines are on the register?
One: the TC2000, with 2 recall campaigns and no complaint.
How many units are in the recall campaigns for Bluebird?
16 units in 2 campaigns. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make.