NHTSA campaign 25V852000
Blue Bird Recall 25V-852: Wheelchair Lift May Have a Missing Support Brace
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 25V852000 was reported by Blue Bird Body Company on December 10, 2025, with 52 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Blue Bird Vision School Bus and Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus for model years 2025–2027. Owners were notified on February 4, 2026, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 25V852000 (also written 25V-852 or 25V852)
- Filed by
- Blue Bird Body Company
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 52 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment Adaptive/Mobility — Wheelchair Lift/Ramp
- Owners notified
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 404
Repair completion: 0% (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 25V852000. 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 Vision School Bus
Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus
- 2025 · Vehicles built starting July 15, 2024 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 25V852000.
Defect description
Blue Bird Bus Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2025-2027 Vision school buses. The wheelchair lift may have a missing support brace, causing the wheelchair lift to fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 404, "Platform Lift Installations."
Safety consequence
A wheelchair lift that fails increases the risk of injury.
Manufacturer remedy
Blue Bird will install the missing support brace, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 4, 2026. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 25V852000
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.