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International Recalls School Buses, Trucks

March 25, 2008
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports on its Web site that International Truck and Engine Corporation is recalling 34,993 MY 2006-2008 school and transit buses along with heavy duty trucks.

The recalled vehicles have the potential to catch fire “in extreme cases,” according to NHTSA.

The vehicles were manufactured between June 1, 2006 and June 28, 2007 and are equipped with International DT466 or DT570 engines.

The oil cooler base plate in the busses and trucks may crack, “allowing pressurized oil to leak into the engine compartment.” The leaking condition may cause “either engine shut down without warning or in extreme cases, possible engine fire which can lead to property damage, injury or death,” NHTSA reports.

International trucks and buses involved in the recall are:

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