IC Bus
IC Bus has 22 model lines on NHTSA's register (model years 2001–2027), with 183 recall campaigns and 24 consumer complaints.
Campaigns were most numerous in 2010 (17). The component complaints name most often is engine and engine cooling (533.3 per 1,000 component mentions). The CE line has the most complaints, 14 over 17 model years.
Comparisons here are between IC Bus model lines; complaint counts across makes depend on fleet size and reporting rates and are not compared.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model lines
Ordered by total complaints. "Per model year" divides complaints by the number of model years on the register, a comparison within IC Bus only.
| Model line | Model years | Campaigns | Complaints | Per model year | Most-reported component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CE | 17 | 67 | 14 | 0.8 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| Cesb | 22 | 77 | 5 | 0.2 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| Resb | 22 | 42 | 3 | 0.1 | Service Brakes, Air |
| RE | 10 | 30 | 1 | 0.1 | Structure |
| Fecb | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0.1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| BE | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Fesb | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Recb | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Cecb | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| TC | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Casb | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| FE | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Evsb | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Besb | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| HC | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Iccb | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Hccb | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| AE | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1300 FBC | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| EV | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Icsb | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| CE Sbus | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
Campaigns by year
Complaints by year
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all IC Bus complaints.
Questions and answers
How many recalls has IC Bus had?
183 NHTSA recall campaigns name IC Bus vehicles (model years 2001–2027). Units potentially affected across those campaigns total about 1,045,054, a figure that includes other makes where a campaign is shared (Takata air bag inflators, for example). Campaigns naming several model lines count once.
Which IC Bus model line has the most complaints?
CE: 14 complaints over 17 model years (0.8 per model year). Larger-selling lines draw more complaints; the per-model-year column controls for the number of years, not for sales.
What components are reported most for IC Bus?
engine and engine cooling (533.3 per 1,000 mentions), service brakes, hydraulic (133.3 per 1,000 mentions), structure (100 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 (recalls) and 15 May 2019 (complaints).
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Make names are as NHTSA records them. Comparisons are within this make; see the methodology for why makes are not ranked against each other.