NHTSA campaign 12V360000 · Blue Bird campaign R12VH
Blue Bird Recall 12V-360: Mismatched Driver's Seat Belt Buckles
NHTSA recall 12V360000 (Blue Bird campaign R12VH) was reported by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY on July 25, 2012, with 23 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Blue Bird All American and Blue Bird Vision for the 2013 model year. Owners were notified on August 23, 2012, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V360000 (also written 12V-360 or 12V360)
- Filed by
- BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
- Blue Bird campaign number
- R12VH
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 23 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Seat Belts — Front
- Owners notified
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 209
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V360000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Blue Bird
Blue Bird All American
- 2013 · Vehicles built May 3, 2012 – June 18, 2012 (per NHTSA)
Blue Bird Vision
- 2013 · Vehicles built May 3, 2012 – June 18, 2012 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V360000.
Defect description
Blue Bird is recalling model year 2013 All American and Vision non-school buses manufactured from April 30, 2012, through June 23, 2012. Driver's seat belts may have been inadvertently installed with mismatched buckles. The latch plate (tongue) on one style buckle may mate up to another style buckle receiver but the latch plate may not be properly engaged. Therefore, they fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies."
Safety consequence
Should this condition occur, the seat occupant may not be properly restrained and could be injured in an accident or sudden stop.
Manufacturer remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will repair the buses free of charge. The safety recall began on August 23, 2012. Owners may contact Blue Bird at 1-478-822-2242.
Notes
Blue Bird's recall campaign number is R12VH.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V360000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.