NHTSA campaign 12V476000 · Manufacturer campaign 12523

IC Bus Recall 12V-476: High Pressure Oil Line May Leak Or Rupture

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V476000 (Manufacturer campaign 12523) was reported by NAVISTAR, INC on September 27, 2012, with 20,902 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the IC Bus Cesb, IC Bus Resb and IC Bus Fesb for model years 2005–2011. Owners were notified on December 21, 2012, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 12V476000 (also written 12V-476 or 12V476)
Filed by: NAVISTAR, INC
Manufacturer campaign number: 12523
Report received: September 27, 2012
Potentially affected: 20,902 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified: December 21, 2012
NHTSA investigation: Preliminary Evaluation PE12-011 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V476000. 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 Bus

IC Bus Cesb
- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built June 17, 2004 – October 15, 2009 (per NHTSA)
IC Bus Fesb
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built June 17, 2004 – October 15, 2009 (per NHTSA)
IC Bus Resb
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 · Vehicles built June 17, 2004 – October 15, 2009 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V476000.

Defect description

Navistar is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2011 IC school buses, models CESB, RESB, and FESB, manufactured from June 17, 2004, through October 15, 2009, equipped with I-6 engines within feature codes 12N (PL, PM, PN, PR, PS, PT, PU, PV, SA, SG, SK, SL, SM, SV, SZ, TB, UA, UB, UC, and UD). The high pressure engine oil line may develop a leak or possibly rupture.

Safety consequence

A leak or rupture of the high pressure oil line could possibly result in an unexpected engine stall or may result in an engine compartment fire.

Manufacturer remedy

Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the high pressure oil line free of change. The safety recall began on December 21, 2012. Owners may contact Navistar at 1-331-332-1590.

Notes

Navistar's recall campaign number is 12523.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V476000

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.