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1996 Blue Bird School Bus Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 22, 2001
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
0
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Sep 24, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Blue Bird School Bus. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–7 of 7

Transmission
Filed Oct 22, 2001

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SLC

NHTSA ID
785751
Incident
Oct 19, 2001
Fuel system
Filed Jun 16, 1999

THE INCOMPATABILITY OF THE INNER NEOPRENE LINING OF THE FUEL SUPPLY HOSE WITH THE DIESEL FUEL RESULTED IN CRACKING AND FUEL LEAKAGE. MJS

NHTSA ID
546125
Incident
May 1, 1999
Transmission
Filed Jul 29, 1998

TRANSMISSION FAILED 3 TIMES.(QC-AW)

NHTSA ID
538534
Incident
May 29, 1997
ElectricalFuel system
Filed Jan 8, 1998

ELECTRICAL WIRING INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE ALL POWER AND STALL ON OCCASIONS.

NHTSA ID
527429
Incident
Oct 9, 1997
Visibility
Filed Sep 24, 1996

MIRROR GLASS SPOTTED, OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY.

NHTSA ID
509124
Incident
Aug 12, 1996
Visibility
Filed Sep 24, 1996

MIRROR GLASS SPOTTED, OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY.

NHTSA ID
509122
Incident
Aug 12, 1996
Visibility
Filed Sep 24, 1996

MIRROR GLASS SPOTTED, OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY.

NHTSA ID
509099
Incident
Aug 12, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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