{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Blue Bird recall 15V181 (R15YA-SB): Blue Bird Vision (2015 to 2016)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v181/",
  "summary": "Recall 15V181 (Blue Bird): An inverter failure may produce smoke and increase the risk of a fire. Blue Bird's own number: R15YA-SB.",
  "excerpt": "Blue Bird Vision, model years 2015 to 2016. Filed by Blue Bird Body Company and reported to NHTSA on 27 March 2015. 2,663 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Vision school buses manufactured June 19, 2014, to December 11, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the voltage inverter for the illumination of the driver's heater control panel may fail. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Blue Bird's own number for this recall: R15YA-SB. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V181 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An inverter failure may produce smoke and increase the risk of a fire.” 15V181 Blue Bird Body Company Electrical System 27 March 2015 2015-2016 BLUE BIRD VISION An inverter failure may produce smoke and increase the risk of a fire. Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inverter with an inverter from an alternate vendor, free of charge. The recall began on April 23, 2015. Owners ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T17:02:27+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T07:41:56+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Blue Bird recall 15V181 (R15YA-SB): Blue Bird Vision (2015 to 2016)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v181/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}