PlainRecordsIC BUS CESB, EVSB: STRUCTURE: BODY
- What can happen
- The body panels may separate during a crash, reducing structural integrity and increasing the risk of injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install rivets along the driver's side window seam and entrance door seam, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2026. Owners may contact International's customer service at 1-800-448-7825. International's number for…
- Potentially affected
- 22730
Completion rate: 5.6% of the 22,730 vehicles potentially affected, the share the maker has reported to NHTSA as remedied, as listed in NHTSA's recalls data (updated Nov. 12, 2026). A recall protects people only when the repair is done.
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- Date (report received by NHTSA)
- July 16, 2026
- Filed by
- International Motors, LLC
- Vehicles
- IC BUS CESB (2025, 2026, 2027); IC BUS EVSB (2025, 2026, 2027)
- Component
- STRUCTURE › BODY
- Description of the defect
- International Motors, LLC (International) is recalling certain 2025-2027 IC Bus EVSB and CESB school buses. The driver's window panel and entrance door vertical joints may have been attached without sufficient epoxy coverage. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength."
- Potentially affected
- 22730
- What can happen
- The body panels may separate during a crash, reducing structural integrity and increasing the risk of injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install rivets along the driver's side window seam and entrance door seam, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2026. Owners may contact International's customer service at 1-800-448-7825. International's number for this recall is 26511.
- Owner notification date
- Sept. 8, 2026
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 26511
- Recall type
- V (vehicle)
- FMVSS
- 221
- Influenced by
- MFR
- Manufacturer's component
- Epoxy · Adhesive Epoxy · N/A
- Recall number
- 26V460000
How this defect works
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What the notice says to do (the remedy, in its words)
“International Motors, LLC (International) is recalling certain 2025-2027 IC Bus EVSB and CESB school buses. The driver's window panel and entrance door vertical joints may have been attached without sufficient epoxy coverage. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength."” “The body panels may separate during a crash, reducing structural integrity and increasing the risk of injury.”IC BUS STRUCTURE:BODY recall, NHTSA recall record, 2026-07-16. The caption and the remedy steps are the record's own words.
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This recall among the others
- IC BUS: 28 other recalls or notices on this site in the three years before this one (from July 17, 2023).
Counted from the agency records on this site, as on Statistics: a recall event once, by its first notice.
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Cite this record
NHTSA recall record 26V460000, July 16, 2026. PlainRecords' title: "IC BUS CESB, EVSB: STRUCTURE: BODY." PlainRecords, https://plainrecords.com/recall/vehicle/26v460000/ (as of the day it was built).At each build a sample of records from each source is compared with the agency's published file and the page; every correction is public. Drawings are chosen by software that reads the record. Built daily. How we check · Corrections