NHTSA campaign 22V280000 · Manufacturer campaign 22-091-GUS

Micro Bird Recall 22V-280: Insufficiently Attached Seats/FMVSS 207 & 210

NHTSA recall 22V280000 (Manufacturer campaign 22-091-GUS) was reported by Corp. Micro Bird, Inc. on April 27, 2022, with 457 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Micro Bird MB II School Bus for model years 2018–2020. Owners were notified on June 21, 2022, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 22V280000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 22V280000 (also written 22V-280 or 22V280)
Filed by: Corp. Micro Bird, Inc.
Manufacturer campaign number: 22-091-GUS
Report received: April 27, 2022
Potentially affected: 457 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Seats — Critical Fasteners
Owners notified: June 21, 2022
Safety standard: FMVSS 207

Repair completion: 0.66% (latest rate the manufacturer reported to NHTSA; dataset updated October 21, 2026)

NHTSA cautions against comparing completion rates across recalls or manufacturers. How try.vin reads them.

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 22V280000. 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.

Micro Bird

Micro Bird MB II School Bus
- 2018, 2019, 2020

All Micro Bird recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 22V280000.

Defect description

Corp. Micro Bird, Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain 2018-2020 MBII school buses. The GenQ seats equipped with Type 2 seat belts may have been attached with insufficient hardware. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 207, "Seating Systems", and 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."

Safety consequence

An insufficiently attached seat may detach during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Manufacturer remedy

No remedy has been established at this time. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 21, 2022. Owners may contact Micro Bird's customer service at 1-819-477-2012. Micro Bird's number for this recall is 22-091-GUS.

Notes

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.nhtsa.gov.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 22V280000

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.