Navistar, Inc.: Seats
Navistar, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 7, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 22,264. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
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.
14 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Ic Bus AE | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Ic Bus BE | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Ic Bus Casb | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Ic Bus Resb | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Ic Bus BE | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Ic Bus Casb | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Ic Bus Iccb | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Ic Bus Recb | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Ic Bus BE | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Ic Bus CE | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Ic Bus RE | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Ic Bus BE | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Ic Bus CE | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Ic Bus Recb | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 13V308000.
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