2008 Ic Bus Cesb problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Visibility:glass, Side/Rear (1) · Engine And Engine Cooling:engine:diesel (1)
Safety recalls (2)
Seats 2013-07-23 · campaign 13V320000 · 662 vehicles
Defect: Navistar is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2009, and 2012 IC CE school buses and certain model year 2006 through 2009, and 2011 through 2013 IC RE school buses manufactured from October 6, 2005, through April 18, 2012, and equipped with C. E. White Inc. brand flip seats.
Risk: When a flip seat is installed in front of another passenger seat, it is possible for the occupant of the rearward passenger seat to insert their toes and/or foot into the lower frame area of the flip seat. When a vehicle passenger occupies the flip seat, pushing the seat bottom downward to the horizontal position to sit in the seat, the occupant of the rearward seat could suffer a pinch point inj
Fix: Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will install a safety guard to prevent passengers from placing their toes or feet in the opening on the back of the subject Flip Seats, free of charge. The recall began on November 12, 2013. Owners may contact Navistar 1-800-448-7825 for more information. Navistar's number for this recall is 13511.
Engine And Engine Cooling 2012-09-27 · campaign 12V476000 · 20,902 vehicles
Defect: Navistar is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2011 IC school buses, models CESB, RESB, and FESB, manufactured from June 17, 2004, through October 15, 2009, equipped with I-6 engines within feature codes 12N (PL, PM, PN, PR, PS, PT, PU, PV, SA, SG, SK, SL, SM, SV, SZ, TB, UA, UB, UC, and UD). The high pressure engine oil line may develop a leak or possibly rupture.
Risk: A leak or rupture of the high pressure oil line could possibly result in an unexpected engine stall or may result in an engine compartment fire.
Fix: Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the high pressure oil line free of change. The safety recall began on December 21, 2012. Owners may contact Navistar at 1-331-332-1590.
Service bulletins (82)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Electrical System 2026-07-30 · IK2600052 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this article describes how to fix a speedometer that does not read accurately. an inaccurate speedometer can be caused by changing the tire size, changing rear axle ratio (rar), or by parameters being inadvertently changed during a programming event. use the formulas and calculator below to correct
Engine 2026-02-05 · IK2600090 · Other
new carb idle reduction change request
Electrical System 2026-02-03 · IK4300035 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this tool is designed to compare diamond logic feature data across multiple vehicle configuration files. it allows users to quickly load files either manually or directly from the diamond logic builder vehicles folder using vin-based selection. as files are added or removed, the comparison runs auto
Engine 2026-01-02 · IK2600047 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
engine replacements for all international engines will need to follow this procedure.
Structure:body 2025-12-19 · IK1600272 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this document will guide the user through a step-by-step procedure for detecting water leaks in vehicle cabs and windshields using an ultrasonic sound detector.
Power Train 2025-12-05 · IK0600030 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this document will guide the user through understanding prop shaft codes and understanding the variations of prop codes. (metric prop codes start with the number a 4 and non metric prop codes start with a 2.)
Showing the 6 most recent of 82 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2012-04-09 · Engine And Engine Cooling:engine:diesel · 72,066 mi“this vehicle has an international dt466 egr motor. while driving down the road during the morning route at 55 mph, the driver stated that the vehicle suddenly started smoking from underneath the hood and it immediately shut down on her. this left the bus full of kids stranded on the side of the road as far onto the shoulder as the driver could co…”
2011-09-09 · Visibility:glass, Side/Rear“owner operator of school bus states that four (upper-lower-right-left) dual pane door windows have fogged due to water entry between the panes. owner has removed the panes in an attempt to correct and found that (at least one of) the panes had completely separated from the pane "sandwich." owner was unable to remove coating from the glass with so…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.