Reliability & cost of ownership
Blue Bird All American Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Blue Bird All American? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for a full reliability and repair-cost forecast.
Blue Bird All American problems by model year
278 recall entries and 42 owner complaints on file across 17 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 All American | 0 | 1 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2022 All American | 0 | 2 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2020 All American | 0 | 3 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2019 All American | 26 | 2 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2016 All American | 20 | 1 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2015 All American | 27 | 3 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2013 All American | 28 | 1 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2009 All American | 33 | 3 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2008 All American | 32 | 4 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2007 All American | 21 | 4 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2006 All American | 15 | 2 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2005 All American | 13 | 1 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2004 All American | 15 | 10 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2003 All American | 11 | 2 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2002 All American | 14 | 1 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2001 All American | 14 | 1 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 1998 All American | 9 | 1 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Blue Bird All American, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- fuel system12 complaints
- diesel10 complaints
- seats8 complaints
- service brakes7 complaints
- air5 complaints
- structure5 complaints
- engine and engine cooling3 complaints
- steering2 complaints