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Blue Bird Gmcv

Every Blue Bird Gmcv model year on file, 1988 to 2004. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years171988 to 2004

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins21Summed across model years

By model year

The 2004 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Brakes leads the Blue Bird Gmcv complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

Steering

Visibility and wipers

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Blue Bird Gmcv model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Blue Bird Gmcv by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2004	Pickup	2	0.0	3	0	3
2003	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	2
2002	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	2
2001	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	2
2000	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	2
1999	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
1998	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
1997	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
1996	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	1
1995	Not decoded	0	None	None	6	1
1994	Not decoded	0	None	None	5	1
1993	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	1
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1
1991	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1
1990	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1
1989	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0
1988	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Blue Bird Gmcv

96V-126-001 Jul 11, 1996
Vehicle description: school buses equipped with bostrom driver's seat model f222 or bostrum "routemaster" seat
Seats · 11k vehicles
96V-078 May 3, 1996
Passenger's clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus
Structure · 203 vehicles
96V-073 May 3, 1996
Passenger's clothing can unknowingly become caught in the forward handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus
Structure · 18k vehicles
96V-011 Jan 23, 1996
Wrong circuit breaker was installed in the electrical panel which could cause an interruption of the 8-light warning system
Electrical system · 307 vehicles
95V-150 Aug 7, 1995
Floor line handrail bracket can expand during use and create an opening which could entrap coat strings, etc
Structure · 2,557 vehicles
95V-051 Mar 14, 1995
Aisle side styrofoam knee pads on the subject barriers are 11" wide and not 14.5" as required by fmvss no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and…
Airbags · 2,309 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.