Recall Detail

NAVISTAR / 3800 / 1997

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 15424 Vehicale/Equipment Name: NAVISTAR
Recalled Component Id: 000008485000076735000000295 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: 3800 Model Year: 1997
NHTSA Campaign Number: 97V143001 Mfr Campaign Number: 97508
Component Name: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL Manufacturer That Filed Report: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
Start date of Manufacturing: Dec, 16 1996 End date of Manufacturing: Mar, 10 1997
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 2235
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Oct, 09 1997 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION Report Received Date: Sep, 08 1997
Record Creation date : Jan, 12 1998 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: buses and heavy truck chassis equipped with t444e engines. the accelerator pedal rod material is excessively brittle and can break during a full throttle application. Consequence Summary: The unexpected breakage can result in the inability to accelerate the vehicle properly increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the electronic accelerator pedal rods with new rods. Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin october 9, 1997. owners who take their vehicles 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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