NHTSA campaign 05V561000 · Manufacturer campaign 05524

INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION Recall 05V-561: HANDRAIL DESIGN/DOOR CONTROL BRACKET

NHTSA recall 05V561000 (Manufacturer campaign 05524) was reported by INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION on December 20, 2005, with 1,918 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the IC CE, IC Bus BE and IC Bus CE for model years 2005–2007. Owners were notified on March 2, 2006, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
05V561000 (also written 05V-561 or 05V561)
Filed by
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION
Manufacturer campaign number
05524
Report received
Potentially affected
1,918 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Structure — Body — Door
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V561000. 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 CE

    • 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built February 10, 2004 – December 15, 2005 (per NHTSA)
All IC recalls

IC Bus

  • IC Bus BE

    • 2007 · Vehicles built February 10, 2004 – December 15, 2005 (per NHTSA)
  • IC Bus CE

    • 2007 · Vehicles built February 10, 2004 – December 15, 2005 (per NHTSA)
All IC Bus recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V561000.

Defect description

CERTAIN 2005-2007 CE AND MY 2007 BE SCHOOL AND TRANSIT BUSES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN FEBRUARY 10, 2004, AND DECEMBER 15, 2005. PASSENGER COAT STRINGS OR CARRY ON ITEMS CAN GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR CONTROL BRACKET AND THE DOOR CONTROL ARM AS THE PASSENGER EXITS THE BUS.

Safety consequence

IF THE DRIVER IS UNAWARE OF THE SITUATION, THE ENTRANCE DOOR MAY BE CLOSED, CAPTURING THE ITEM IN THE DOOR. DEATH OR INJURY COULD OCCUR TO THE PERSON EXITING THE BUS.

Manufacturer remedy

IC WILL NOTIFY ITS OWNERS AND REPAIR ALL THE BUSES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN MARCH 2, 2006. CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT INTERNATIONAL AT 800-448-7825.

Notes

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 05V561000

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.