OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL

13V504000

Seats

Reported Oct 17, 2013 · A-Z Bus Sales, Inc.

Summary

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.

Consequence

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.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

This campaign page uses the representative official campaign record. Applicability-specific source variants appear on the linked vehicle pages. Recall counts refer to campaigns, not affected vehicles.

Vehicle entries in this campaign

2013 Blue Bird A3RE 2013 Blue Bird D3RE 2012 Blue Bird A3RE 2012 Blue Bird D3RE 2011 Blue Bird D3RE 2011 Blue Bird A3RE 2010 Blue Bird A3RE 2010 Blue Bird D3RE 2009 Blue Bird A3RE 2009 Blue Bird D3RE 2008 Blue Bird D3RE 2008 Blue Bird A3RE 2007 Blue Bird A3RE 2007 Blue Bird D3RE 2006 Blue Bird D3RE 2006 Blue Bird A3RE 2005 Blue Bird A3RE 2005 Blue Bird D3RE

This is model-level recall history. It does not confirm whether a particular VIN is affected or has received the repair. Check with NHTSA ↗