Recall Detail
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER / 4900 / 1997
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 14287 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008022000074361000000045 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: 4900 | Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 96V240000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: SUSPENSION:REAR | Manufacturer That Filed Report: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Sep, 03 1996 | End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 02 1996 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 233 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 13 1996 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION | Report Received Date: Nov, 27 1996 |
| Record Creation date : Nov, 27 1996 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school buses and heavy duty trucks equipped with rear axle assemblies produced by dana spicer. certain rear axle assemblies were improperly heat treated which could allow pinion breakage at the pinion threads. | Consequence Summary: Cracks can initiate and result in separation of the threaded end of the pinion resulting in separation of the yoke and drive line from the rear axle increasing the risk of a vehicle accident. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the rear axle carrier/pinion assembly. | Recall Notes: Owner notification:owner notification will begin december 20, 1996. note:owners who take their buses to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact navistar at 1-800-448-7825.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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