Recall Register

Blue Bird Conventional: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 31 recall campaigns for the Blue Bird Conventional, model years 1985 to 2018. NHTSA has 6 complaints on file for this model line. 25 of the 30 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. 19851
  2. 19861
  3. 19872
  4. 19883
  5. 19894
  6. 19905
  7. 19916
  8. 19925
  9. 19935
  10. 19944
  11. 19954
  12. 19965
  13. 19974
  14. 19984
  15. 19994
  16. 20002
  17. 20016
  18. 20027
  19. 20036
  20. 20047
  21. 20055
  22. 20068
  23. 20076
  24. 20087
  25. 20092
  26. 20103
  27. 20111
  28. 20142
  29. 20170
  30. 20180
Blue Bird Conventional: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2018 Blue Bird Conventional NHTSA page01500%
2017 Blue Bird Conventional NHTSA page01500%
2014 Blue Bird Conventional200%1,834
2011 Blue Bird Conventional NHTSA page11500%1,622
2010 Blue Bird Conventional31500%2,214
2009 Blue Bird Conventional200%1,645
2008 Blue Bird Conventional71500%53,600
2007 Blue Bird Conventional600%52,406
2006 Blue Bird Conventional800%54,663
2005 Blue Bird Conventional500%50,826
2004 Blue Bird Conventional700%55,023
2003 Blue Bird Conventional61500%17,928
2002 Blue Bird Conventional700%16,435
2001 Blue Bird Conventional600%4,578
2000 Blue Bird Conventional200%216
1999 Blue Bird Conventional400%69,375
1998 Blue Bird Conventional400%69,375
1997 Blue Bird Conventional400%69,375
1996 Blue Bird Conventional500%87,375
1995 Blue Bird Conventional400%85,114
1994 Blue Bird Conventional400%85,114
1993 Blue Bird Conventional500%86,961
1992 Blue Bird Conventional500%66,404
1991 Blue Bird Conventional600%68,336
1990 Blue Bird Conventional500%66,404
1989 Blue Bird Conventional400%62,019
1988 Blue Bird Conventional300%61,107
1987 Blue Bird Conventional200%43,107
1986 Blue Bird Conventional NHTSA page100%1,847
1985 Blue Bird Conventional NHTSA page100%1,847

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

12 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 Conventional: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Structure2503
Engine166.72
Electrical System166.72
Visibility166.72
Latches/Locks/Linkages83.31
Vehicle Speed Control83.31
Fuel System, Diesel83.31

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Blue Bird Conventional, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2005, with 4 campaigns.
Complaints about the Blue Bird Conventional, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 3 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Blue Bird: all 40 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Blue Bird Conventional: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/blue-bird/conventional/. 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
15 May 2019
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 Conventional model years have the most recall campaigns?
2006 with 8, 2008 with 7, 2004 with 7. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Blue Bird Conventional model year has the most complaints?
The 2003 model year, with 1 of the 6 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Blue Bird Conventional name?
Structure: 3 component mentions. Engine: 2 component mentions. Electrical System: 2 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Blue Bird Conventional?
1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.