Consumer Complaint Detail
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER / 3800 / 1995
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001064589 | Incident Date: Jan, 24 2001 |
| Consumer's City: DUNCANNON | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION |
| Model Name: 3800 | Model Year: 1995 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Structure:frame and members |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1HVBBABN2SH | Date added to File: May, 16 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 01 2001 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 31 1995 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I am a medium sized school bus fleet. we found the above vehicle has both front frame rails cracked. this defect was found during a routine pm inspection. we immediately inspected 20 other school buses of the same vintage in our fleet. we found 3 additional buses vin# [xxx], [xxx], [xxx], each bus has a cracked frame rail near the rear engine mount. all buses have been placed out-of-service till they can be repaired by the dealer. i have researched this with several other bus contractors, i have found one contractor that had 7 cracked frames on the same model bus. another who had several along with one that recracked after being repaired by an international dealer. i feel the school bus industry needs to be alerted to look for this failure. *ak information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr |