THIS EA WAS OPENED BASED A FLEET COMPLAINT CONCERNING DRIVER'S SEAT PEDESTAL FAILURES.TO OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF FIELD PERFORMANCE, ODI, IN CONJUNCTION WITH C.E. WHITE (SEAT PEDESTAL MANUFACTURER) AND IC CORPORATION VISITED THREE OTHER SCHOOL BUS FLEETS IN TWO STATES.DURING THESE VISITS, SEAT PEDESTALS IN EIGHTY-NINE BUSES WERE INSPECTED OVER TWO DAYS.THE BUSES RANGED FROM MODEL YEARS 1992 TO 2001.TWENTY-TWO WERE FE MODELS, TWENTY-TWO WERE CE MODELS AND FORTY-FIVE WERE RE MODELS.THE INSPECTION REVEALED NO CRACKS OR FAILURES ON THE CE AND RE MODELS.ELEVEN (50%) OF THE TWENTY-TWO FE BUSES DISPLAYED CRACKS OR HAD BEEN REPAIRED.BASED ON THIS INSPECTION AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINING FLEET, IC CORPORATION IS CONDUCTING A SAFETY RECALL OF 8,241 FE (FRONT ENGINE) BUSES, MODEL YEARS 1992 THROUGH 2004.ODI BELIEVES THIS ACTION IS SUFFICIENT TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.THEREFORE, THIS EA IS CLOSED.A COPY OF THE RECALL IS ATTACHED.