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Blue Bird ALL American body problems

32 of the 222 complaints filed about the Blue Bird ALL American are about the body and structure — 14% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1992.

Complaints

14%

Share of all complaints

Crashes

Fires

Body & Structure complaints by model year

1992 ALL American 28 87.5%

2003 ALL American 1 3.1%

2007 ALL American 2 6.3%

Median failure at 20,000 miles

2015 ALL American 1 3.1%

Median failure at 2,436 miles

What owners said

2003 Blue Bird ALL American Filed 18 Jan 2017 Lupton, MI

STRUCTURE:BODY

MAIN FRAME RAILS CRACKING. FOUND BY MICHIGAN STATE POLICE INSPECTOR. BUS IS RED TAGGED AND RENDERED UNUSUABLE.

NHTSA complaint #10946243 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2015 Blue Bird ALL American Filed 11 Nov 2014 at 2,436 miles Anytown, AZ

STRUCTURE:BODY

VEHICLE ARRIVED TO DEALERSHIP WITH LOOSE BOLTS HOLDING THE FUEL TANKS TO THE BODY STRUCTURE. 5 BOLTS WERE ONLY HAND TIGHTENED. FUEL TANKS COULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE SUPPORTS AND FALLEN ON THE ROAD AND/OR CAUSED A FIRE.

NHTSA complaint #10654145 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2007 Blue Bird ALL American Filed 31 Mar 2014 at 20,000 miles Exeter, CA

STRUCTURE:BODY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BLUEBIRD ALL AMERICAN BUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT STRUCTURE WAS UNRAVELING ON MULTIPLE SEATS. THE STRUCTURE AND FRAMEWORK WAS SOUND BUT THE METAL FRAMING WAS FRACTURED AND THE REAR SIDE OF THE SEATS HAD COLLAPSED. THE SEATING FOAM PADDING WAS NOT SAFELY SECURED DUE TO THE METAL FRAMING STRUCTURE WHICH WAS NOT SECURED. THE BUS WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

NHTSA complaint #10575873 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2007 Blue Bird ALL American Filed 17 Jan 2008 Hampton, VA

STRUCTURE

MY CHILD GOES TO FRANCIS ASBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND RIDES BUS #128. THESE CHILDREN ARE PUT 3 TO A SEAT AND HANG IN THE AISLE. THE SITUATION HAS GOTTEN WORSE. YESTERDAY (JANUARY 16TH, 2008) THE BUS WAS SO OVERCROWDED, THE FIRST SEAT WAS SAT 4 TO A SEAT. WHEN IS IT SAFE TO SIT THAT MANY CHILDREN TOGETHER?! I CALLED THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS BEING DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM. THAT IT WAS ALRIGHT ACCORDING TO NHTSA STANDARDS. I JUST READ YUR STANDARDS AND IT STATES EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT. "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION IS PROVIDED BY A PROTECTIVE ENVELOPE CONSISTING OF STRONG, CLOSELY-SPACED SEATS THAT HAVE ENERGY-ABSORBING SEAT BACKS. PERSONS NOT SITTING OR SITTING PARTIALLY OUTSIDE OF THE BUS SEATS WILL NOT BE AFFORDED THE OCCUPANT PROTECTION PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL BUS SEATS." THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM EVERY DAY THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. IS THERE NOTHING YOU CAN DO OR DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN ACCIDENT TO OCCUR BEFORE ANYONE WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT THESE CHILDREN?

NHTSA complaint #10215203 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.