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Our severity:SevereNHTSA·10V012000·Announced 2010-01-13

Navistar Recalls 2003-2004 IC Bus School Buses for Electrical Fire Risk

Navistar is recalling 2003-2004 IC Bus school buses because chafing cables may cause an electrical short and fire.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly states that the electrical short may cause a fire resulting in property damage, personal injury, or death, which aligns with the rubric criteria for significant injury/property-damage reports.

Plain-English summary

Navistar, Inc. is recalling certain model year 2003 and 2004 IC Bus CE model school buses manufactured between January 3, 2003, and April 5, 2004. The recall involves 3,057 vehicles.

The defect involves potential chafing between the battery and/or engine ECM clean power cables and the parking brake cable. This chafing may result in an electrical short, which can cause a fire without warning. Such a fire can result in property damage, personal injury, or death.

Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the battery and ECM clean power cables, repair them if necessary, and reroute them away from the parking brake cable. Repairs will be performed free of charge. The safety recall is expected to begin on or about March 31, 2010. Owners may contact Navistar at 1-260-461-1890 or the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236.

The recalled product

Product
IC BUS CESB
Brand
IC BUS
Manufacturer
NAVISTAR, INC
Category
Vehicle — School Bus
Hazard
Affected units
3,057

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Model numbers (1)

  • CESB

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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