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Ic Bus Be, Ic Bus Ce, Ic Bus Re, model years 2011 to 2012. Filed by Navistar, Inc and reported to NHTSA on 16 February 2012. 677 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Navistar is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 ic bus be and ce and certain model year 2012 re school buses manufactured from april 8, 2010 through july 1, 2011, equipped with c. e. white seat cushions. the self-latching mechanism used to retain the seat cushion to the frame may not activate. thus, these seats …

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Navistar's own number for this recall: 12505. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V059 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 12V059 cover?
Ic Bus Be, Ic Bus Ce, Ic Bus Re, model years 2011-2012.
What is wrong with them?
NAVISTAR IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 IC BUS BE AND CE AND CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 RE SCHOOL BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 8, 2010 THROUGH JULY 1, 2011, EQUIPPED WITH C. E. WHITE SEAT CUSHIONS. THE SELF-LATCHING MECHANISM USED TO RETAIN THE SEAT CUSHION TO THE FRAME MAY NOT ACTIVATE.
What can happen if it is not put right?
IF THE SEAT CUSHION IS NOT SECURELY LATCHED TO THE SEAT STRUCTURE, THE SEAT COULD BECOME DISLODGED, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. NAVISTAR WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE SEATS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NAVISTAR AT 260-461-1890.
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 12505, 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: “IF THE SEAT CUSHION IS NOT SECURELY LATCHED TO THE SEAT STRUCTURE, THE SEAT COULD BECOME DISLODGED, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.”

677vehicles potentially
affected
3models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 16 February 2012owners told 14 March 2012today
The defect reached the regulator on 16 February 2012. Owners were written to 27 days later, on 14 March 2012. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign12V059
Filed byNAVISTAR, INC
System at faultSeats
Reported to NHTSA16 February 2012
Model years2011-2012
Vehicles namedIC BUS BE, IC BUS CE, IC BUS RE

What the notice says today

The consequence

IF THE SEAT CUSHION IS NOT SECURELY LATCHED TO THE SEAT STRUCTURE, THE SEAT COULD BECOME DISLODGED, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.

The remedy

NAVISTAR WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE SEATS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NAVISTAR AT 260-461-1890.

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 459 notices in the record whose component field names seats. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 44 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 12V059, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v059/

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.

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