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2001 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 Aug 13, 2014
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since Jul 23, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 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

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Engine
Filed Aug 13, 2014
2 injuries reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BLUE BIRD SCHOOL BUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE THERMOSTAT HEATER HOSE RUPTURED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE CENTER AREA OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE HOT COOLANT SPILLED ONTO TWO OCCUPANTS, WHO SUSTAINED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH LEGS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V313000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) FOR 2008-2013 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
10621988
Incident
Jun 3, 2014
Engine
Filed Jul 23, 2014
2 injuries reported

DURING BUS RIDE HOME, A COOLANT LINE INSIDE THE PASSENGER AREA RUPTURED AND SPEWED HOT ANTIFREEZE ONTO THE STUDENT PASSENGERS. TWO STUDENTS WERE BURNED WITH 2ND TO 3RD DEGREE BURNS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10615680
Incident
Jun 3, 2014

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.

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