Navistar, Inc.: Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars
Navistar, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Feb 10, 2023 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 12,507. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
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.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Ic Bus Cesb | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Ic Bus CE Sbus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Ic Bus Cesb | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Ic Bus EV | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Ic Bus Resb | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Ic Bus CE Sbus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Ic Bus Cesb | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Ic Bus Resb | 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 23V065000.
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