
Terrible steering
I've driven buses from every make, every type, old and new. My least favorite, hands down, are our new (2025) Blue Bird short conventionals. They all have the worst steering of any bus I've used. I can't tell if it's too sensitive or not sensitive enough, but the thing is all over the road. Even if you focus constantly on keeping a straight line, the bus will ride like you're driving drunk. It's not just me, all our drivers complain about it. We have 3 of them and they're all the same.
The horns also don't work (I pulled one steering wheel apart and it's honestly the cheapest dumbest way of making a horn I've seen) and the automatic door lock fails 8/10 times.