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Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
Electrical System. Review the 1 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
Exterior Lighting. Review the 1 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
0 crash reports1 fire reports0 injury reports
What owners actually said
2 reports
90,029 miles · Jun 16, 2004
Electrical SystemFire
VEHICULAR FIRE IN A 1995 THOMAS/NAVISTAR VISTA SCHOOL BUS. ELECTRICAL FIRE OCCURRED IN THE DORAN MFG. EXTERIOR LIGHT MONITOR PANEL ON A SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL BUS. FIRE WAS LIMITED TO THE PANEL ITSELF, NO WIRING WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED. DRIVER WAS OPERATING LIGHTS AS PART OF PRE-TRIP INSPECTION PRECEDING FIRE. FIRE INVOLVED OPEN…
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VEHICULAR FIRE IN A 1995 THOMAS/NAVISTAR VISTA SCHOOL BUS. ELECTRICAL FIRE OCCURRED IN THE DORAN MFG. EXTERIOR LIGHT MONITOR PANEL ON A SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL BUS. FIRE WAS LIMITED TO THE PANEL ITSELF, NO WIRING WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED. DRIVER WAS OPERATING LIGHTS AS PART OF PRE-TRIP INSPECTION PRECEDING FIRE. FIRE INVOLVED OPEN FLAME IN DORAN ELECTRICAL PANEL, NO INJURIES, NO CHILDREN ON BUS AT THE TIME. THE PANEL WAS REPLACED AS WAS AN IN-LINE FUSE HOLDER CARRYING POWER TO THE PANEL. THE FUSE HOLDER WAS NOT DAMAGED, BUT TEMPERATURE OF THE WIRING APPEARED TO BE ELEVATED. PARTS WHICH WERE REPLACED WERE RETAINED.*AK
NHTSA ODI #10078325
Mileage unknown · Nov 14, 1996
Exterior Lighting
NAVISTAR FBC 1980-1989 S-SERIES, 1990-1996 NO-3800 SCHOOL BUSES. FIFTY NAVISTAR SCHOOLS BUSES, EXPERIENCED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS IN THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. THE TURN SIGNAL WILL NOT SELF CANCEL, OR WILL NOT HOLD THE SIGNAL. *AK
NHTSA ODI #805031
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