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Blue Bird Gpwb Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 13 model years of the Blue Bird Gpwb (1987–1999).

5
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
1995
year with most recalls

Pick your Blue Bird Gpwb model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1999 Blue Bird Gpwb10
1998 Blue Bird Gpwb10
1997 Blue Bird Gpwb10
1996 Blue Bird Gpwb40
1995 Blue Bird Gpwb50
1994 Blue Bird Gpwb40
1993 Blue Bird Gpwb40
1992 Blue Bird Gpwb30
1991 Blue Bird Gpwb20
1990 Blue Bird Gpwb20
1989 Blue Bird Gpwb20
1988 Blue Bird Gpwb20
1987 Blue Bird Gpwb10

All Blue Bird Gpwb recalls (5)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Blue Bird Gpwb, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Seats

    NHTSA 99V018000 Reported 41,260 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

    Vehicle description: school buses. The wall side attaching bolts for some of the passenger seats may have been installed too close to the edge of the seat ledge and in the wrong attaching hole resulting in weakening of the seat ledge at the attachment points.

    Remedy: Blue bird will furnish to distributors and owners, parts and instructions necessary to strengthen the passenger seat attachment at the wall side.

    Model years: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

  2. Seats

    NHTSA 96V126001 Reported 11,371 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

    Vehicle description: school buses equipped with bostrom driver's seat model f222 or bostrum "routemaster" seat. Blue bird option 2821 or 2824. The seat pedestals are fatigue cracking adjacent to the weld which secures the pedestal's upper plate to the upper, telescoping portion of the adjustable column support.

    Remedy: Dealers will repair these pedestals with a newly designed pedestal bracket kit.

    Model years: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

  3. Body (structure)

    NHTSA 96V073000 Reported 18,000 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

    Passenger's clothing can unknowingly become caught in the forward handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus.

    Remedy: Owners will be directed to remove all forward handrails. Provisions will be made for those owners operating in states which mandate a forward handrail that a replacement handrail will be provided.

    Model years: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

  4. Body (structure)

    NHTSA 95V150000 Reported 2,557 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

    The floor line handrail bracket can expand during use and create an opening which could entrap coat strings, etc. And other articles of clothing.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the flat split floor line bracket with a round tubular bracket.

    Model years: 1995, 1996

  5. Knee bolster (air bags)

    NHTSA 95V051000 Reported 2,309 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

    The 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 crash protection."

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the incorrect pad with the correct 14.5" knee pad.

    Model years: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Other Blue Bird models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.