2008 Blue Bird A3RE

Recalls

1 recall names the 2008 Blue Bird A3RE. Newest first.

• Seats

  Oct 17, 2013NHTSA 13V504000402 vehicles

  A-Z Bus Sales, Inc. (A-Z Bus) is recalling certain model year 2005-2013 Blue Bird A3RE and D3RE school buses equipped with C.E. White-brand flip seats.

  Risk and remedy

  Risk

  When a Flip Seat is installed in front of another passenger seat, it is possible for the occupant of the rearward passenger seat to insert their toes and/or foot into the lower frame area of the Flip Seat. When a vehicle passenger occupies the Flip Seat, pushing the seat bottom downward to the horizontal position to sit in the seat, the occupant of the rearward seat could suffer a pinch point injury to their toes and/or foot.

  Remedy

  A-Z Bus Sales will notify the school bus owners of the safety recall. A-Z Bus Sales will install a safety guard to cover the gap in the lower frame of the flip seat. Owners can contact A-Z Bus at 1-800-437-5522 or C. E. White at 1-419-492-2157 for more information.

  Full recall details →

Owner complaints

What owners report most

1. Structure1
2. Suspension1

Latest complaints

• Jul 15, 2014CA121,000 mi
  Structure › Frame and members › Underbody shields · Suspension

  Vehicle models equipped with hendrickson air-ride front suspensions have propensity to flex and crack the main frame rails where the front suspension mount for the front axle attaches to the frame. the frame rail IS unsupported at the suspension mount, causing this failure to occur under normal use. *tr

Service bulletins

Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.

• 10128907New Blue Bird Support Center - Technical Bus Support: Dealer memo to announce the new on-line Blue Bird Support Center for technical bus support requests.
• 10128588Blue Bird Troubleshooting Guides: Blue Bird announcement of the addition of troubleshooting guides for assisting in the service of the Blue Bird products. These troubleshooting guides are available on the Vantage website.
• 10043412Blue bird bus: see document search button for owner letter. On some rear engine buses, the center leg of c. E. White student safety seat, missing the required mounting bolt.
• 10043398Blue bird bus: see document search button for owner letter. The low horsepower engines muffler or diesel particulate filter (dpf), was installed, instead, on buses with high horsepower engines.
• 10043188Blue bird: see document search button for owner letter. The charge air cooler (cac) has alternator power cable routed to close, which could result in melting of shrink wrap at connector exposing it to elements.

Every Blue Bird A3RE model year

Bars are owner complaints, dots mark years with recalls. Select a year to open its report.