International Harvester School Bus: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the International Harvester School Bus, model years 1975 to 1996. NHTSA has 42 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 18 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 43% | |
| 1995 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 10 | 429% | |
| 1994 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 7 | 300% | |
| 1993 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 43% | |
| 1992 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 86% | |
| 1991 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 257% | |
| 1989 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 43% | |
| 1988 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 257% | |
| 1987 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 257% | |
| 1986 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 86% | |
| 1982 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11,130 |
| 1981 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11,130 |
| 1980 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11,130 |
| 1979 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 7,500 |
| 1978 International Harvester School Bus | 2 | 0 | 0% | 14,500 |
| 1977 International Harvester School Bus | 2 | 0 | 0% | 43,000 |
| 1976 International Harvester School Bus | 2 | 0 | 0% | 43,000 |
| 1975 International Harvester School Bus NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 36,000 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
44 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 250 | 11 |
| Visibility | 227.3 | 10 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 204.5 | 9 |
| Exterior Lighting | 90.9 | 4 |
| Electrical System | 45.5 | 2 |
| Equipment | 45.5 | 2 |
| Parking Brake | 22.7 | 1 |
| Unknown or Other | 22.7 | 1 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 22.7 | 1 |
| Structure | 22.7 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- 380015 campaigns
- 470014 campaigns
- 49008 campaigns
- International Harvester16 campaigns
- 940011 campaigns
- 930011 campaigns
- 920010 campaigns
- 30007 campaigns
- 93704 campaigns
- 98002 campaigns
- 90008 campaigns
- 9400I4 campaigns
- 10002 campaigns
- 91002 campaigns
- 34003 campaigns
- Loadstar Series20 campaigns
- FE7 campaigns
- 500010 campaigns
- 81009 campaigns
- Scout Series7 campaigns
- 25744 campaigns
- 9000I3 campaigns
- 83002 campaigns
- Cargostar Series17 campaigns
- 360011 campaigns
- 18539 campaigns
- S Series14 campaigns
- S170010 campaigns
- S190010 campaigns
- S180010 campaigns
- 17534 campaigns
- 400010 campaigns
- 17234 campaigns
- 18233 campaigns
- 37005 campaigns
- Fleetstar Series12 campaigns
- Loadstar14 campaigns
- RE7 campaigns
- Paystar Series11 campaigns
- Transtar Series11 campaigns
- 3900FC6 campaigns
- 80008 campaigns
- Conco Series5 campaigns
- 20008 campaigns
- IC4 campaigns
- S16004 campaigns
- 9200I6 campaigns
- 430010 campaigns
- 48006 campaigns
- 96705 campaigns
- D4004 campaigns
- S21002 campaigns
- 18008 campaigns
- CO40003 campaigns
- 16007 campaigns
- CO40703 campaigns
- 17007 campaigns
- DC4003 campaigns
- S25003 campaigns
- 17242 campaigns
International Harvester: all 114 model lines
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Official channels
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Cite this page
Recall Register. International Harvester School Bus: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/international-harvester/school-bus/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which International Harvester School Bus model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1978 with 2, 1977 with 2, 1976 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which International Harvester School Bus model year has the most complaints?
- The 1995 model year, with 10 of the 42 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the International Harvester School Bus name?
- Power Train: 11 component mentions. Visibility: 10 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 9 component mentions.