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1998 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 Dec 12, 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 Dec 12, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 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 1–3 of 3

Body & structure
Filed Dec 12, 2001

SCHOOL BUS DID NOT PASS SUMMER INSPECTION DUE TO EMERGENCY WINDOW EXIT ON DRIVER'S SIDE. SIDE ARM WAS TOO BELOW WINDOW, AND A CHILD COUD CUT OR SERIOUSLY BE INJURED UPON BEING LIFTED DOWN.*AK *YD

NHTSA ID
8000620
Incident
Aug 1, 2001
Body & structure
Filed Dec 12, 2001

SCHOOL BUS DID NOT PASS SUMMER INSPECTION DUE TO EMERGENCY WINDOW EXIT ON DRIVERS SIDE. SIDE ARM WAS TOO BELOW WINDOW, AND A CHILD COULD CUT OR SERIOUSLY BE INJURED UPON BEING LIFTED DOWN.*AK *YD

NHTSA ID
8000619
Incident
Aug 1, 2001
Body & structure
Filed Dec 12, 2001

SCHOOL BUS DID NOT PASS SUMMER INSPECTION DUE TO EMERGENCY WINDOW EXIT ON DRIVERS SIDE, SIDE ARM WAS TOO MUCH BELOW THE WINDOW, AND A CHILD COULD CUT OR SERIOUSLY BE INJURED UPON BEING LIFTED DOWN. *AK *YD

NHTSA ID
8000618
Incident
Aug 1, 2001

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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