The defect
Navistar, Inc. is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 IC Bus AE, and 2011-2014 BE, CE, and RE buses. These buses were manufactured February 11, 2010, through June 17, 2013. The passenger seat foam padding did not adequately reduce the impact forces to the knee in the lower outside corners of the seat back during compliance testing. Thus, these buses fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."
The risk
In the event of a crash, the seat padding may not properly protect against knee impact force, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will install polystyrene blocks in the lower outside corners of each seat to increase the knee protection, free of charge. The recall began on October 10, 2013. Owners may contact Navistar at 1-800-448-7825. Navistar's recall campaign number is 13512.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by OVSC
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| IC Bus AE | 2014 |
| IC Bus BE | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| IC Bus Casb | 2013, 2014 |
| IC Bus CE | 2011, 2012 |
| IC Bus Iccb | 2013 |
| IC Bus RE | 2012 |
| IC Bus Recb | 2011, 2013 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2014 |
Components: SEATS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| IC Bus AE | 2014 | 0 | 5 |
| IC Bus BE | 2011 | 0 | 13 |
| IC Bus BE | 2012 | 0 | 12 |
| IC Bus BE | 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| IC Bus BE | 2014 | 0 | 5 |
| IC Bus CE | 2011 | 0 | 26 |
| IC Bus CE | 2012 | 1 | 22 |
| IC Bus Casb | 2013 | 0 | 9 |
| IC Bus Casb | 2014 | 4 | 8 |
| IC Bus Iccb | 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| IC Bus RE | 2012 | 0 | 12 |
| IC Bus Recb | 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| IC Bus Recb | 2013 | 0 | 7 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2014 | 0 | 4 |
Other seats recalls in 2013
19 of the 627 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2013 concerned the seats; Navistar, Inc. filed 183 campaigns in all.
| 13V536000 30 Oct 2013 | Daimler Trucks North America |
| 13V539000 30 Oct 2013 | Daimler Trucks North America |
| 13V537000 30 Oct 2013 | Daimler Trucks North America |
| 13V488000 17 Oct 2013 | General Motors LLC |
| 13V504000 17 Oct 2013 | A-Z Bus Sales, Inc. |
| 13V502000 17 Oct 2013 | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| 13V440000 18 Sept 2013 | Lion Bus Inc. |
| 13V397000 3 Sept 2013 | Navistar, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2013