Ic Hc, Ic Hccb, International 3200, model years 2005 to 2011. Filed by Navistar, Inc and reported to NHTSA on 18 January 2012. 338 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Navistar is recalling certain model year 2005-2011 international 3200im, and model year 2007-2011, ic bus model hc buses, manufactured from august 16, 2004, through may 13, 2010. when the bus kneeling feature is activated, the rear brake line may be pinched by a frame member causing the rear brakes to drag.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Navistar's own number for this recall: 12501. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V015 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12V015 cover?
- Ic HC, Ic HCCB, International 3200, model years 2005-2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- NAVISTAR IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2011 INTERNATIONAL 3200IM, AND MODEL YEAR 2007-2011, IC BUS MODEL HC BUSES, MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 16, 2004, THROUGH MAY 13, 2010.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- BRAKES THAT DRAG COULD OVERHEAT AND MAY LEAD TO A FIRE, WHICH MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, OR DEATH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. NAVISTAR WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSTALL A CLIP TO ENSURE THAT THE BRAKE LINE CANNOT BE PINCHED. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 27, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NAVISTAR AT 1-800-448-7825.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Navistar calls this recall 12501, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “BRAKES THAT DRAG COULD OVERHEAT AND MAY LEAD TO A FIRE, WHICH MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, OR DEATH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V015 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | NAVISTAR, INC |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 January 2012 |
| Model years | 2005-2011 |
| Vehicles named | IC HC, IC HCCB, INTERNATIONAL 3200 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
BRAKES THAT DRAG COULD OVERHEAT AND MAY LEAD TO A FIRE, WHICH MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, OR DEATH.
The remedy
NAVISTAR WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSTALL A CLIP TO ENSURE THAT THE BRAKE LINE CANNOT BE PINCHED. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 27, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NAVISTAR AT 1-800-448-7825.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 12V015, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v015/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 12V015 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
dd4a2e96 - Consequence
dee4d82b - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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