NHTSA recall 15V181000
Electrical system
Blue Bird Vision
Reported Mar 27, 20152,663 vehicles affectedBlue Bird Body CompanyMaker’s number R15YA-SBBuilt Jun 19, 2014 – Dec 11, 2014
The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Vision school buses manufactured June 19, 2014, to December 11, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the voltage inverter for the illumination of the driver's heater control panel may fail.
The risk
An inverter failure may produce smoke and increase the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inverter with an inverter from an alternate vendor, free of charge. The recall began on April 23, 2015. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R15YA-SB.