IC Bus Visibility: Fan/Motor

Ic Bus is recalling about 113 vehicles over a problem with the visibility. If the LPM overheats and fails, there is an increased risk of a fire.

Campaign
15V242000
Manufacturer
Navistar, Inc.
Reported
22 April 2015
Vehicles
113
Built between
Feb 2013 – Mar 2014
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
17 June 2015
Repaired
86%
Unrepaired
16

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2013 and March 2014. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2014-2015 IC Bus AEBuilt February 2013 to March 2014

Repair progress

16 of 113 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2016.

86% repaired — 97 of 113 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 IC Bus AE school buses manufactured February 14, 2013, to March 10, 2014. A vehicle double battery jump start or electrical load dump event could result in an overvoltage condition of a component within the HVAC system linear power module (LPM) which is used to control the blower speed. The overvoltage condition could result in the overheating and failure of the LPM.

What could happen

If the LPM overheats and fails, there is an increased risk of a fire.

What gets fixed

Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the LPM with an upgraded one, free of charge. The recall began on June 17, 2015.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2013 to March 2014
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA22 April 2015
  3. Owners notified17 June 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2016 — 86% repaired

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 April 2015.

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 customer service at 1-800-448-7825. Navistar's number for this recall is 15510.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
15510
Recalling manufacturer
Navistar, Inc.
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

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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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