Blue Bird ALL American School BusYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 8 owner complaints and 30 safety recalls on record for the Blue Bird ALL American School Bus.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints8Top: Seats Safety recalls302020–2027 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Blue Bird ALL American School Bus years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the ALL American School Bus median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2027Too new–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls 2026Too new–/1000 complaints · 4 recalls 2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 4 recalls 2023Not rated–/1002 complaints · 6 recalls 2022Not rated–/1002 complaints · 10 recalls 2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 18 recalls 2020Not rated–/1004 complaints · 20 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Blue Bird ALL American School Bus problems

All model years combined: 8 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

4Seats

2Electrical system1 crash/fire/injury

1Engine

1Fuel system, diesel

1Structure

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Seats	4	0
Electrical system	2	1
Engine	1	0
Fuel system, diesel	1	0
Structure	1	0

30 recalls

Blue Bird ALL American School Bus recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Windshield: critical fasteners26V-246 · 2026–2027 · Apr 17, 2026 · 103 vehicles Visibility: glass, side/rear26V-032 · 2026–2027 · Jan 22, 2026 · 432 vehicles Latch/anchor: 25V-851 · 2026–2027 · Dec 10, 2025 · 310 vehicles Seats: critical fasteners25V-289 · 2026 · May 6, 2025 · 34 vehicles Electrical system: wiring25V-003 · 2024–2025 · Jan 8, 2025 · 91 vehicles Electrical system: wiring25V-004 · 2025 · Jan 8, 2025 · 1 vehicles Other: labels24V-758 · 2020–2024 · Oct 11, 2024 · 28,479 vehicles Body: roof and pillars24V-543 · 2020–2023 · Jul 19, 2024 · 16,708 vehicles Seats24V-078 · 2020–2023 · Feb 7, 2024 · 6,691 vehicles Structure23V-778 · 2020–2024 · Nov 20, 2023 · 6,124 vehicles Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel23V-425 · 2021–2024 · Jun 13, 2023 · 1,424 vehicles Power train: driveline23V-276 · 2020–2021 · Apr 18, 2023 · 419 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 30 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.