Vehicle recall 12V262000 · June 8, 2012
Blue Bird All American and Vision
Increased friction between the rear plate assemblies, p/no.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Blue bird corporation (blue bird) is recalling certain model year 2012 all american and vision non-school buses manufactured from may 20, 2011, through October 20, 2012, equipped with specialty manufacturing Inc. (smi) prolo roof hatches. Increased friction between the rear plate assemblies, p/no. 009327, and the nylon rear pop-up support, p/no. 008956, may result in an opening force of the prolo roof hatches that exceeds federal standard requirements. Thus, these hatches fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 217, "bus emergency exits and window retention and release."
- Consequence
- In the event of an emergency, egress of the bus may be hindered possibly resulting in injury to the vehicle occupants.
- Remedy
- Blue bird will notify owners. Smi will provide service kits along with repair instructions to dealers and owners, free of charge. The safety recall began on June 21, 2012. Owners may contact blue bird at 1-478-822-2242 or smi at 1-800-951-7867.
- Notes
- Blue birds recall campaign number is R12VE.OWNERS may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V262000
- Reported to NHTSA
- June 8, 2012
- Filed by
- BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
- Manufacturer campaign
- R12VE
- Owner notification
- June 21, 2012
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 11
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Structure › Body › Roof and pillars
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Blue Bird All American (2012): 2012
- Blue Bird Vision (2012): 2012
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