Recall Register

Blue Bird All American: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 185 recall campaigns for the Blue Bird All American, model years 1963 to 2019. NHTSA has 52 complaints on file for this model line. 51 of the 57 model years have a page on this register.

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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 years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19631
  2. 19641
  3. 19651
  4. 19661
  5. 19672
  6. 19684
  7. 19694
  8. 19703
  9. 19714
  10. 19724
  11. 19734
  12. 19745
  13. 19752
  14. 19763
  15. 19772
  16. 19781
  17. 19791
  18. 19803
  19. 19814
  20. 19825
  21. 19833
  22. 19844
  23. 19853
  24. 19865
  25. 19875
  26. 19888
  27. 198910
  28. 19909
  29. 19919
  30. 19929
  31. 19937
  32. 19948
  33. 199511
  34. 19966
  35. 19973
  36. 19989
  37. 199916
  38. 200016
  39. 200114
  40. 200214
  41. 200311
  42. 200415
  43. 200513
  44. 200615
  45. 200721
  46. 200832
  47. 200933
  48. 201042
  49. 201135
  50. 201230
  51. 201328
  52. 201426
  53. 201527
  54. 201620
  55. 201710
  56. 201819
  57. 201926
Blue Bird All American: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2019 Blue Bird All American262219%74,147
2018 Blue Bird All American1900%27,417
2017 Blue Bird All American1000%14,292
2016 Blue Bird All American201110%20,094
2015 Blue Bird All American273329%35,184
2014 Blue Bird All American2600%31,971
2013 Blue Bird All American281110%29,958
2012 Blue Bird All American3000%29,441
2011 Blue Bird All American3500%33,301
2010 Blue Bird All American4200%75,659
2009 Blue Bird All American333329%101,039
2008 Blue Bird All American324438%107,408
2007 Blue Bird All American214438%90,987
2006 Blue Bird All American152219%87,288
2005 Blue Bird All American131110%83,342
2004 Blue Bird All American15101096%95,443
2003 Blue Bird All American112219%33,869
2002 Blue Bird All American141110%55,477
2001 Blue Bird All American141110%50,985
2000 Blue Bird All American1600%70,821
1999 Blue Bird All American1600%75,391
1998 Blue Bird All American91110%55,625
1997 Blue Bird All American300%11,991
1996 Blue Bird All American600%34,277
1995 Blue Bird All American1100%66,794
1994 Blue Bird All American800%66,021
1993 Blue Bird All American700%61,009
1992 Blue Bird All American9161754%82,937
1991 Blue Bird All American900%83,287
1990 Blue Bird All American900%86,991
1989 Blue Bird All American1000%87,293
1988 Blue Bird All American800%86,079
1987 Blue Bird All American500%62,204
1986 Blue Bird All American500%62,204
1985 Blue Bird All American300%59,411
1984 Blue Bird All American400%59,452
1983 Blue Bird All American300%59,411
1982 Blue Bird All American500%62,311
1981 Blue Bird All American400%60,911
1980 Blue Bird All American300%59,411
1979 Blue Bird All American NHTSA page100%11,222
1978 Blue Bird All American NHTSA page100%11,222
1977 Blue Bird All American200%11,987
1976 Blue Bird All American300%1,398
1975 Blue Bird All American200%694
1974 Blue Bird All American500%5,427
1973 Blue Bird All American400%1,550
1972 Blue Bird All American400%1,399
1971 Blue Bird All American400%1,633
1970 Blue Bird All American300%1,384
1969 Blue Bird All American400%1,586
1968 Blue Bird All American400%1,234
1967 Blue Bird All American200%582
1966 Blue Bird All American NHTSA page100%176
1965 Blue Bird All American NHTSA page100%176
1964 Blue Bird All American NHTSA page100%176
1963 Blue Bird All American NHTSA page100%176

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

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.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

222 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Blue Bird All American: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling283.863
Structure144.132
Steering130.629
Fuel System, Gasoline117.126
Electrical System117.126
Fuel System, Diesel4510
Vehicle Speed Control40.59
Fuel System, Other368
Service Brakes, Air22.55
Seats184

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Blue Bird All American, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2010, with 16 campaigns.
Complaints about the Blue Bird All American, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, with 16 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Blue Bird: all 40 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Blue Bird All American: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/blue-bird/all-american/. 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
Manufacturer in the recall file
BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Blue Bird All American model years have the most recall campaigns?
2010 with 42, 2011 with 35, 2009 with 33. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Blue Bird All American model year has the most complaints?
The 1992 model year, with 16 of the 52 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Blue Bird All American name?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 283.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Structure: 144.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Steering: 130.6 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Blue Bird All American?
6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.