2010 Blue Bird All American D3: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2010 Blue Bird All American D3. The newest campaign is 10V307000. NHTSA received the report on 2 Jul 2010. The NHTSA record gives the component Vehicle Speed Control / Cruise Control. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 10V307000, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird sent an interim letter to dealers and owners on july 1, 2010 instructing dealers to disable the cruise control mechanism until a permanent remedy is available. A decal wasl provided to affix to the dash advising operators that the cruise control has been disabled. A permanent repair has now been established. Dealers will repair the buses by installing a failsafe curcuit in the cruise control system free of charge. All owners, regardless of whether they received the interim fix or not, will be notified and offered the permanent remedy. The safety recall began on august 5, 2010. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
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.
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Recall campaigns
3 campaigns, newest first. 2,867 units in total.
10V307000Received . 319 units.
Vehicle Speed Control / Cruise Control
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2010 and 2011 d3 all american non school buses manufactured from may 19, 2009 through june 15, 2010 and 2011 model year vision non school buses manufactured from april 9, 2009 through april 10, 2010. These buses are equipped with a cruise control feature which once activated may not de-activate when the service brakes are applied.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event the cruise control fails to de-activate when the service brakes are applied, the potential for a vehicle crash could occur.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird sent an interim letter to dealers and owners on july 1, 2010 instructing dealers to disable the cruise control mechanism until a permanent remedy is available. A decal wasl provided to affix to the dash advising operators that the cruise control has been disabled. A permanent repair has now been established. Dealers will repair the buses by installing a failsafe curcuit in the cruise control system free of charge. All owners, regardless of whether they received the interim fix or not, will be notified and offered the permanent remedy. The safety recall began on august 5, 2010. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number R10SH. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
10V306000Received . 2,325 units.
Vehicle Speed Control / Cruise Control
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2010 and 2011 d3 all american school buses manufactured from may 13, 2009 through june 25, 2010 and 2011 model year vision school buses manufactured from november 9, 2009 through june 24, 2010. These buses are equipped with a cruise control feature which once activated may not de-activate when the service brakes are applied.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event the cruise control fails to de-activate when the service brakes are applied, the potential for a vehicle crash could occur.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird sent an interim letter to dealers and owners on july 1, 2010 instructing dealers to disable the cruise control mechanism until a permanent remedy is available. A decal wasl provided to affix to the dash advising operators that the cruise control has been disabled. A permanent repair has now been established. Dealers will repair the buses by installing a failsafe curcuit in the cruise control system free of charge. All owners, regardless of whether they received the interim fix or not, will be notified and offered the permanent remedy. The safety recall began on august 5, 2010. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number R10SH. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
09V481000Received . 223 units.
Structure / Body
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2010 all american d3 front engine model school buses manufactured from august 13, 2009 through october 24, 2009. Adhesive for the inside panels adjacent to the rear center emergency door was omitted from the joints. These buses fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 221, "school bus body joint strength."
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Without the required adhesive, there is an increased risk of injury to the bus occupants in the event of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird will notify owners and repair the buses free of charge. The safety recall began on february 12, 2010. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number R10RF. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
1 complaint, 2 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 1 |
| Steering | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 8 Jul 2016
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 20103
- 20112
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2010 Blue Bird All American D3The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2010 Blue Bird All American D3: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/blue-bird/all-american-d3/2010/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2010 Blue Bird All American D3?
- 2,867 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Blue Bird All American D3 have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Blue Bird All American D3, model years 2010 to 2011. 3 of them name the 2010 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2010 Blue Bird All American D3 name most often?
- Service Brakes: 1 of 2 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2010 Blue Bird All American D3 open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.