Blue Bird recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility
What is wrong
Blue Bird Bus Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2025-2027 Vision school buses. The wheelchair lift may have a missing support brace, causing the wheelchair lift to fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 404, "Platform Lift Installations."
What could happen
A wheelchair lift that fails increases the risk of injury.
The fix
Blue Bird will install the missing support brace, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 4, 2026. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242.
Vehicles covered
- Blue Bird Vision School Bus 2026–2027
- Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus 2025
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 25V852000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Blue Bird Body Company
- Reported to NHTSA
- Dec 10, 2025
- Owners notified
- Feb 4, 2026
- Vehicles or items affected
- 52
- Started by
- NHTSA investigation
- Built
- –
- Part
- Equipment adaptive/mobility › Wheelchair lift/ramp
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 404
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Blue Bird recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility Aug 31, 2026
- Blue Bird recall: Electrical system Aug 10, 2026
- Blue Bird recall: Service brakes, hydraulic Jul 20, 2026
- Blue Bird recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility May 20, 2026
- Blue Bird recall: Visibility Jan 22, 2026
- Blue Bird recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility Dec 10, 2025
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.