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NHTSA campaign 05V331000 · Manufacturer campaign 05516

INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION Recall 05V-331: STOP ARM MALFUNCTIONS

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 05V331000 (Manufacturer campaign 05516) was reported by INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION on July 20, 2005, with 18,071 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the IC Bus Cesb, IC Bus Fesb, IC Bus Resb and more for model years 2002–2007. Owners were notified on September 16, 2005, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 05V331000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
05V331000 (also written 05V-331 or 05V331)
Filed by
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION
Manufacturer campaign number
05516
Report received
Potentially affected
18,071 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Other — School Bus Stop Arm Assembly
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE05-011 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V331000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

IC

  • IC 3800

    • 2002, 2003, 2004 · Vehicles built January 15, 2002 – March 10, 2003 (per NHTSA)
All IC recalls

IC Bus

  • IC Bus Besb

    • 2006, 2007 · Vehicles built May 13, 2005 – June 16, 2005 (per NHTSA)

  • IC Bus Cesb

  • IC Bus Fesb

  • IC Bus Resb

All IC Bus recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V331000.

Defect description

CERTAIN IC MY 2002 THROUGH 2004 3800; 2002 THROUGH 2006 CESB, FESB, AND RESB; AND 2006 AND 2007 BESB SCHOOL BUSES ORIGINALLY SOLD IN OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: ALASKA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, THE MICROSWITCHES USED INTERNALLY TO POSITION THE STOP ARM SIGN IN THE OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS MAY MALFUNCTION, CAUSING THE SIGN TO OPEN OR CLOSE IN AN IMPROPER POSITION, OR TO NOT OPEN AT ALL.

Safety consequence

SHOULD THE STOP ARM NOT PERFORM PROPERLY, A CHILD OR PEDESTRIAN MAY BE ENDANGERED BY PASSING VEHICLES SHOULD THE MOTORIST NOT STOP AT THE CORRECT LOCATION.

Manufacturer remedy

INTERNATIONAL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE ORIGINAL SWITCH WITH A SWITCH PACK THAT IS NOT SENSITIVE TO EXTREME COLD WEATHER AND WILL INSPECT TO ENSURE THE MICROSWITCH HEATER WIRING IS PROPERLY CONNECTED FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT INTERNATIONAL AT 1-800-448-7825.

Notes

INTERNATIONAL RECALL NO, 05516.CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236; (TTY:1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V331000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.