IC Bus Structure: Body

Ic Bus is recalling about 158 vehicles over a problem with the structure. In the event of a crash, there is an increased risk of personal injury to vehicle occupants.

Campaign
12V294000
Manufacturer
NAVISTAR, INC
Reported
22 June 2012
Vehicles
158
Built between
Sep 2010 – Sep 2010
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
23 July 2012
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2010 and September 2010. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2011-2012 IC Bus CEBuilt September 2010 to September 2010

What the defect is

Navistar is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 ic ce school buses manufactured from september 7, 2010 through september 9, 2010. The interior lower lining fails to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 221, “school bus body joint strength.”

What could happen

In the event of a crash, there is an increased risk of personal injury to vehicle occupants.

What gets fixed

NAVISTAR WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND RETIGHTEN JOINT SCREWS TO THE PROPER SPECIFICATION, FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 23, 2012.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2010 to September 2010
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA22 June 2012
  3. Owners notified23 July 2012

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 22 June 2012.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact navistar at 1-260-461-1890.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
12518
Recalling manufacturer
NAVISTAR, INC
Safety standard
FMVSS 221
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Navistar’s recall campaign number is 12518.CUSTOMERS may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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