The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened recall query RQ26006 on 6 November 2026 into 2,895 Waymo vehicles on the fifth-generation automated driving system, citing a large number of reported incidents of the vehicles passing a stopped school bus with its red lights flashing, its stop arm extended, or both.
After the November update
Waymo filed recall 25E084 on 10 December 2025 over software that may cause a vehicle to pass a stopped school bus in those conditions. A software update, meant to keep the vehicle stationary, was recorded as complete for every affected vehicle on 17 November 2025. A majority of the incidents identified in preliminary evaluation PE25013 came after that date. The query will assess whether the remedy was adequate and what caused the later reports. The problem under review is continued traffic safety violations when a vehicle meets a school bus, particularly while students are boarding or leaving. Other reports are traffic citations supplied by Austin Independent School District.