The defect
Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) is recalling certain 2022-2024 IC Bus CE, 2022-2023 IC CE SBus, IC RE, and 2023 EV school buses. The roof panel may have been manufactured with insufficient joint strength. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength."
The risk
A school bus roof panel with insufficient joint strength may separate during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will add additional fasteners to secure the joints, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed April 3, 2023. Owners may contact Navistar's customer service at 1-800-448-7825. Navistar's number for this recall is 23501.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| IC Bus CE Sbus | 2022, 2023 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| IC Bus EV | 2023 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2022, 2023 |
Components: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
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 CE Sbus | 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| IC Bus CE Sbus | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2022 | 5 | 9 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2023 | 2 | 17 |
| IC Bus Cesb | 2024 | 0 | 13 |
| IC Bus EV | 2023 | 0 | 5 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| IC Bus Resb | 2023 | 0 | 7 |
Other structure recalls in 2023
80 of the 894 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2023 concerned the structure; Navistar, Inc. filed 183 campaigns in all.
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