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Blue Bird DRIVER'S seat shock damper may break allowing the DRIVER'S seat to unexpectedly drop to the floor without warning.

NHTSA campaign 10V-298 · Reported June 29, 2010 · 1,542 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Blue Bird All American
VEHICLES AFFECTED
1,542
REMEDY
BLUE BIRD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE SEAT SHOCK AS NECESSARY.
COST
Free

The short version

BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY reported a problem with the seats. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

THE DRIVER'S SEAT SHOCK DAMPER MAY BREAK ALLOWING THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO UNEXPECTEDLY DROP TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING.

WHY IT MATTERS

IN THE EVENT THIS SHOULD OCCUR WHILE THE BUS IS IN OPERATION, THE DRIVER MAY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH.

WHAT TO DO

BLUE BIRD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE SEAT SHOCK AS NECESSARY, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 10V-298.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2010–2011Blue Bird All American

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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