Does the 2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird have any recalls?

14 recalls found in NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026, covering: equipment adaptive/mobility, structure, equipment, other, seats, exterior lighting. Recalls apply to the model and year; whether a particular vehicle is included, and whether it has been repaired, depends on its VIN.

How do I check if my 2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird recall has been fixed?

Enter your 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or ask a Blue Bird dealer. Recall repairs are free. NHTSA's VIN search doesn't list recalls that were already repaired.

How many complaints have owners filed about the 2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird?

0 complaints filed with NHTSA. Complaints are unverified reports from the public that NHTSA uses to decide what to investigate.

2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird recalls

Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.

14 recalls found in NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026

For the 2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird. These apply to the model and year, not to one particular vehicle: check your VIN to see whether yours is included and whether it has been repaired.

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2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird recalls, newest first

November 4, 2015NHTSA 15V73100090 vehicles potentially affected

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Summary: Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2007-2015 All American and Vision and 2007-2011 Micro Bird transit buses equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured January 1, 2006, to August 25, 2014 by the Ricon Corporation. The affected lifts are equipped with folding link arms that may have pivot holes that are too big, allowing the bearings to move out of position.
Consequence: If the bearings move out of position, the stowed platform may have excessive movement resulting in failure of the platform mounting. This failure could cause the wheel chair lift platform to fall out of the vehicle when the doors are opened, increasing the risk of injury for the lift operator.
Remedy: Blue Bird will notify owners, and Ricon dealers will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2015. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242, or Ricon Customer Service at 1-800-322-2884.

This recall on nhtsa.gov

November 4, 2015NHTSA 15V7300005,114 vehicles potentially affected

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Summary: Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2007-2015 All American, Vision, 2007-2011 Micro Bird, and 2007-2008 Conventional school buses, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured January 1, 2006, to August 25, 2014 by the Ricon Corporation. The affected lifts are equipped with folding link arms that may have pivot holes that are too big, allowing the bearings to move out of position.
Consequence: If the bearings move out of position, the stowed platform may have excessive movement resulting in failure of the platform mounting. This failure could cause the wheel chair lift platform to fall out of the vehicle when the doors are opened, increasing the risk of injury for the lift operator.
Remedy: Blue Bird will notify owners, and Ricon dealers will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2015. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242, or Ricon Customer Service at 1-800-322-2884.

This recall on nhtsa.gov

August 19, 2014NHTSA 14V51100090 vehicles potentially affected

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Summary: Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2007-2015 All American, 2007-2010 Micro Bird, and 2007-2014 Vision non-school buses equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon Corporation. The platform side plate of the affected wheelchair lifts may crack.
Consequence: If the platform side plates crack, the lift platform can separate from the lift and come to rest against the vehicle's lift door. When the doors are opened, the platform may fall out, increasing the risk of injury to the lift operator.
Remedy: Blue Bird will notify owners to take buses to a Ricon dealer or service center who will install supplemental platform support bumpers. Any platform that has already started cracking will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on October 1, 2014. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242 or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R14XN.

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August 19, 2014NHTSA 14V5100005,114 vehicles potentially affected

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Summary: Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2007-2015 All American and Vision, 2007-2011 Micro Bird, and 2007-2008 Conventional school buses equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon Corporation. The platform side plate of the affected wheelchair lifts may crack.
Consequence: If the platform side plates crack, the lift platform can separate from the lift and come to rest against the vehicle's lift door. When the doors are opened, the platform may fall out, increasing the risk of injury to the lift operator.
Remedy: Blue Bird will notify owners to take buses to a Ricon dealer or service center who will install supplemental platform support bumpers. Any platform that has already started cracking will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on October 1, 2014. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242 or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R14XN.

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April 5, 2012NHTSA 12V153000125 vehicles potentially affected

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Summary: Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2009 through 2011 all american, vision, and micro bird school buses equipped with braun vista-2 wheelchair lifts. Over time and with frequent use, the roll stop latches on the outer barrier may become bent or misaligned.
Consequence: A wheelchair occupant may defeat or ride over the insufficiently latched roll stop. If this occurs when the lift platform is in an elevated position, the wheelchairs occupant could fall and sustain injury.
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners, and the repairs will be performed by authorized braun dealers free of charge. The safety recall began on April 26, 2012. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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April 5, 2010NHTSA 10V13400023 vehicles potentially affected

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Summary: Blue bird has notified NHTSA about a defect in certain model year 2008 through 2010 all american, conventional, and micro bird transi buses manufactured from December 16, 2007 through December 21, 2009 equipped with ricon model s or k series public use wheelchair lifts. The restraint belt on these lifts was designed to prevent the lift from moving, unless the tongue of the belt is fully engaged and latched in the buckle. Ricon has discovered, however, that it is possible for the operator to insert the belt tongue into the buckle without fully engaging the latching mechanism. In this case, the restraint belt would appear to be latched, and the operator could run the lift. If the restraint belt tongue is not fully engaged into the restraint belt buckle, and latched, the lift may operate with an occupant on the platform.
Consequence: The user of the lift could be injured should the lift move without the restraint belt properly buckled.
Remedy: Blue bird is working with ricon and ricon will be handling the remedy for this campaign. Please see ricon's defect report 09E-060. Ricon will provide customers with a warning decal and a dvd-based training aid. The safety recall began on April 27, 2010. Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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April 5, 2010NHTSA 10V1330001,622 vehicles potentially affected

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Summary: Blue bird has notified NHTSA about a defect in certain model year 2008 through 2011 all american, conventional, and micro bird school buses manufactured from December 13, 2007 through January 18, 2010 equipped with ricon model s or k series public use wheelchair lifts. The restraint belt on these lifts was designed to prevent the lift from moving, unless the tongue of the belt is fully engaged and latched in the buckle. Ricon has discovered, however, that it is possible for the operator to insert the belt tongue into the buckle without fully engaging the latching mechanism. In this case, the restraint belt would appear to be latched, and the operator could run the lift. If the restraint belt tongue is not fully engaged into the restraint belt buckle, and latched, the lift may operate with an occupant on the platform.
Consequence: The user of the lift could be injured should the lift move without the restraint belt properly buckled.
Remedy: Blue bird is working with ricon and ricon will be handling the remedy for this campaign. Please see ricon's defect report 09E-060. Ricon will provide customers with a warning decal and a dvd-based training aid. The safety recall began on April 27, 2010. Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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December 17, 2009NHTSA 09V4790001,702 vehicles potentially affected

Structure › Body › Roof and pillars

Summary: Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2008 through 2010 micro bird school buses manufactured from August 28, 2007 through October 29, 2009. An incorrect number of rivets may have been installed in the front roof cap that attaches to the front roof sheet. These buses fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 221, "school bus body joint strength."
Consequence: An inadequate number of rivets in the roof would increase the risk of injury to the bus occupants in the event of a crash.
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and repair the buses free of charge. The safety recall began on December 29, 2009. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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November 20, 2009NHTSA 09V450000376 vehicles potentially affected

Equipment › Other › Labels

Summary: Certain model year 2006 through 2010 blue bird micro bird single rear wheel model school buses manufactured from August 31, 2005 through September 27, 2009, fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, "tire selection and rims." if the vehicle is not equipped with a spare tire, then the tire and loading placard should indicate "none" under the size and recommended tire inflation pressure. The placard listed inflation pressure for a spare tire that was the same as the front tire inflation pressure.
Consequence: Inflation pressure required for the rear tires could be higher than the front tire which could cause premature tire wear resulting in a potential tire failure, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Remedy: Blue bird will provide replacement tire and loading placards with the appropriate spare tire indicated to owners free of charge. The campaign began on December 29, 2009. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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August 25, 2009NHTSA 09V3350003,736 vehicles potentially affected

Other › School bus stop arm assembly

Summary: Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2008 and 2009 all american, vision, and micro bird school buses manufactured between April 18, 2008 and February 11, 2009, equipped with specialty manufacturing, Inc. (smi) 000290 LED light kits. A change to the wire used in the LED light kits may reduce the effective life of the lights used on the stop arms. The lights may stop functioning without warning.
Consequence: Should the LED lights stop functioning, visibility of a stopped bus would be decreased, possibly endangering a child or pedestrian to injury by passing vehicles.
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and the buses will be repaired free of charge. Repairs will be performed by smi. The safety recall began on September 24, 2009. Owners may contact smi warranty service at 1-800-951-7867 or blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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August 13, 2009NHTSA 09V32800037,095 vehicles potentially affected

Seats

Summary: Blue bird is recalling certain model year 2004 through 2010 all american, vision, micro bird, and conventional school buses manufactured between January 30, 2003 and may 7, 2009. Incorrect offset leg barrier pads or 2/3 seat back pads may have been installed. Buses with incorrect pads installed fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection."
Consequence: In the event of a crash, there is an increased risk of injury to the seat occupant(s).
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and the buses will be repaired free of charge. The safety recall began on September 18, 2009. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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July 6, 2009NHTSA 09V25100069 vehicles potentially affected

Seats

Summary: Blue bird is recalling 69 model year 2008 through 2010 micro bird and vision school buses manufactured from September 29, 2007 through may 2, 2009, equipped with optional 34 inch offset barrier. The offset leg of the barrier frame may have been located incorrectly and incorrect padding may have been installed on the 34 inch offset barriers which fails to comply with the leg protection zone requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection."
Consequence: Vehicle occupants may suffer injuries in the event of a vehicle crash.
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and replace the barrier pads with a new designed pad free of charge. The safety recall began on August 12, 2009. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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August 26, 2008NHTSA 08V435000803 vehicles potentially affected

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Summary: Blue bird is recalling 803 my 2006 through 2009 micro bird school buses manufactured from July 27, 2005, through August 20, 2008, equipped with optional wheelchair lifts. The wheelchair lift enable switch, if set to the "off" position while the lift is deployed can render the wheelchair interlocks inoperative.
Consequence: When the lift enable switch is activated the door brake interlocks could be disabled and the bus could be moved while the lift is deployed which could result in property damage or personal injury.
Remedy: Blue bird will notify owners and repair the buses free of charge. The recall began on October 22, 2008. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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February 7, 2008NHTSA 08V06200045 vehicles potentially affected

Exterior lighting › Turn signal

Summary: Blue bird is recalling 45 my 2008-2009 micro-bird school buses manufactured from October 1, 2007 through January 28, 2008, mounted on general motors chassis with option 3016-05 or 30117-05 LED rear turn signals. These buses fail to comply with the flash rate requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." the subject lights operate at approximately 180 flashes per minute and the standard requirement is 60-120 flashes per minute.
Consequence: This standard specifies requirements for required original and replacement lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment and their installation. The purpose is to reduce traffic crashes, deaths and injuries resulting from crashes by providing adequate illumination of the roadway, and enhancing the conspicuity of motor vehicles on the public roads so that their presence is perceived and their signals understood, both in daylight and in darkness or other conditions of reduced visibility.
Remedy: Owners will be provided with a resistor to be installed in the turn signal circuit which will bring the LED rear turn signal flash rate with standard requirements. The recall began on March 31, 2008. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242.

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Owner complaints

No owner complaints about the 2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird were found in NHTSA’s complaint data.

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Questions

Does the 2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird have any recalls?: 14 recalls found in NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026, covering: equipment adaptive/mobility, structure, equipment, other, seats, exterior lighting. Recalls apply to the model and year; whether a particular vehicle is included, and whether it has been repaired, depends on its VIN.
How do I check if my 2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird recall has been fixed?: Enter your 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or ask a Blue Bird dealer. Recall repairs are free. NHTSA's VIN search doesn't list recalls that were already repaired.
How many complaints have owners filed about the 2009 Blue Bird Micro Bird?: 0 complaints filed with NHTSA. Complaints are unverified reports from the public that NHTSA uses to decide what to investigate.