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Girardin School Bus Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Girardin School Bus (1998–2001).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
1999
year with most recalls

Pick your Girardin School Bus model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2001 Girardin School Bus20
2000 Girardin School Bus20
1999 Girardin School Bus20
1998 Girardin School Bus10

All Girardin School Bus recalls (2)

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

  1. Seats

    NHTSA 01V208000 Reported 393 vehicles potentially affected A. GIRARDIN INC.

    Vehicle description: certain MINI school buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection." the foam on the seats and barriers do not absorb enough impact energy to meet the standard.

    Remedy: Dealers will install an additional piece of foam between the steel back rest and the existing foam. Owner notification began january 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon…

    Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

  2. Exterior (visibility)

    NHTSA 01V145002 Reported 771 vehicles potentially affected A. GIRARDIN INC.

    Vehicle description: school buses equipped with rosco cross over mirrors. The position of the driver's rear view mirror does not allow complete visibility of pedestrians as required under federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 111, "rearview mirrors."

    Remedy: Girardin will notify owners and provide a retrofit kit free of charge and instructions that will extend the right hand mirror by 4 inches. Owner notification began january 2002. Owners who do not receive the retrofit…

    Model years: 1999, 2000, 2001

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.