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Blue Bird electric drive train cannot detect isolation faults when the high voltage contactors are closed.

NHTSA campaign 21V-253 · Reported April 12, 2021 · 292 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Blue Bird All American
VEHICLES AFFECTED
292
REMEDY
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will update the Vehicle Control Unit software or install a different combination of High Voltage Power Distribution Unit hardware, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Blue Bird Body Company reported a problem with the propulsion system shock protection. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The electric drive train cannot detect isolation faults when the high voltage contactors are closed.

WHY IT MATTERS

An undetected high voltage isolation can expose service personnel to high voltage, increasing the risk of injury.

WHAT TO DO

Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will update the Vehicle Control Unit software or install a different combination of High Voltage Power Distribution Unit hardware, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 21V-253.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2018–2021Blue 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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