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Girardin Mbiv Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 5 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Girardin Mbiv (1995–2003). The most-complained-about year is 2000.

3
safety recalls, all years
5
owner complaints, all years
1995
year with most recalls
2000
year with most complaints

Pick your Girardin Mbiv model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2003 Girardin Mbiv10
2001 Girardin Mbiv10
2000 Girardin Mbiv13
1999 Girardin Mbiv11
1998 Girardin Mbiv11
1996 Girardin Mbiv10
1995 Girardin Mbiv10

What Girardin Mbiv owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA. The 2000 model year has the most, with 3.

All Girardin Mbiv recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Girardin Mbiv, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Seat belts

    NHTSA 03V365000 Reported 46 vehicles potentially affected GIRARDIN MINIBUS INC.

    My 2003 mbii & mbiv school buses built on ford e-350 & e-450, GM 3500 chassis, and manufactured between august 25 and september 17, 2003. These buses are equipped with beam's industries seat belts. The metal frame of the seat belt buckle may fracture due to possible embrittlement of the steel, resulting in a potential release of the…

    Remedy: Beam's industries will notify the customers of girardin directly and will provide them with the remedy and installation instructions free of charge. Owners should contact beam's at 1-888-343-9266 or girardin at…

    Model years: 2003

  2. Air bags: frontal

    NHTSA 01V118000 Reported 995 vehicles potentially affected A. GIRARDIN INC.

    Vehicle description: commercial and school bus body minibuses. The inner body panel could contact and damage the wiring harness by the driver's seat. If the wires are damaged, and a contact between those wires occurs, the air bag could inadvertently deploy.

    Remedy: Owners will be provided with repair instructions and will be reimbursed for labor costs involved. Owner notification is expected to begin during may 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an…

    Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

  3. Filler pipe and cap (fuel system)

    NHTSA 97V120000 Reported 147 vehicles potentially affected A. GIRARDIN INC.

    Vehicle description: transit coaches. The seat support channels of the floor structure is located close to the fuel filler pipe. The pipe could be punctured and when filling the gasoline tank, fuel can be spilled on the road surface.

    Remedy: Owners were provided with installation instructions and a double lip steel reinforced trim to be installed on the edge of the seat support channel to eliminate the sharp edge of the support which could puncture the pipe.

    Model years: 1995, 1996

Other Girardin 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.