The defect
Navistar is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2009, and 2012 IC CE school buses and certain model year 2006 through 2009, and 2011 through 2013 IC RE school buses manufactured from October 6, 2005, through April 18, 2012, and equipped with C. E. White Inc. brand flip seats.
The risk
When a flip seat is installed in front of another passenger seat, it is possible for the occupant of the rearward passenger seat to insert their toes and/or foot into the lower frame area of the flip seat. When a vehicle passenger occupies the flip seat, pushing the seat bottom downward to the horizontal position to sit in the seat, the occupant of the rearward seat could suffer a pinch point injury to their toes and/or foot.
The remedy
Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will install a safety guard to prevent passengers from placing their toes or feet in the opening on the back of the subject Flip Seats, free of charge. The recall began on November 12, 2013. Owners may contact Navistar 1-800-448-7825 for more information. Navistar's number for this recall is 13511.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| IC Cesb | 2012 |
| IC Resb | 2012, 2013 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 |
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 Cesb | 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| IC Resb | 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| IC Resb | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2006 | 2 | 11 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2007 | 0 | 15 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2006 | 0 | 11 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2007 | 2 | 11 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2008 | 0 | 8 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2011 | 0 | 2 |
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