The defect
Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 IC CE school buses manufactured May 4, 2015, to December 15, 2015, and 2016 IC RE school buses manufactured July 17, 2015, to December 15, 2015, and equipped with certain Transpec T6000, T6100, and T7000 series school bus stop arms. The affected stop arms have a reflective decal that may peel loose from the stop arm. As such, these stop arms fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 131, "School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices."
The risk
Without a reflective decal, the stop arms would have reduced visibility to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the stop arm blade assembly, free of charge. The recall began on March 17, 2016. Owners may contact Navistar customer service at 1-331-332-1590, or Specialty customer service at 1-800-951-7867. Navistar's number for this recall is 16501.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| IC Bus Cesb | 2016, 2017 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2016 |
Components: OTHER:SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM ASSEMBLY
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 Cesb | 2016 | 1 | 15 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2017 | 0 | 14 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2016 | 0 | 9 |
Other other recalls in 2016
6 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the other; Navistar, Inc. filed 183 campaigns in all.
| 16V080000 10 Feb 2016 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 16V031000 22 Jan 2016 | Collins Bus Corporation |
| 16V016000 19 Jan 2016 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 16V006000 8 Jan 2016 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 16V005000 8 Jan 2016 | Transportation Collaborative, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016