Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › clutch assembly. It has been recalled 4 times.
What fails
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Power Train › Clutch Assembly
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Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Switch
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Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Fan
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4 safety recalls
Part 573 reports
Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Switch96V192000
Filed Nov 12, 1996171,638 vehiclesInternational Truck And Engine
Defect. THESE BUSES HAVE A TURN SIGNAL LEVER THAT WILL NOT OPERATE CONSISTENTLY IN THE LANE CHANGE MODE IF THE LEVER IS NOT MOVED TO THE POSITION WHERE RESISTANCE TO MOVEMENT IS FELT.
Risk. SHOULD THE REAR SIGNAL LAMPS NOT FLASH WHEN A LANE CHANGE WAS BEING MADE, IT COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE FOLLOWING THE BUS TO COLLIDE WITH THE BUS INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
Remedy. OPERATORS WILL BE MAILED INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROPER METHOD OF USING TURN SIGNALS. A DECAL WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO BE PLACED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF EACH BUS.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip96V174000
Filed Sep 13, 1996580 vehiclesInternational Truck And Engine
Defect. THE WIRING FROM THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT WAS CONNECTED TO THE WRONG WHEEL SENSOR OR TO THE WRONG BRAKE MODULATOR VALVE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT EITHER OR BOTH WIRING MAY HAVE OCCURRED AT EITHER THE FRONT OR REAR AXLE OR BOTH AXLES.
Risk. SHOULD THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) WIRING BE CROSSED, IT WOULD RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT DEGRADATION IN VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE. A SIGNAL WOULD BE SENT TO THE WRONG BRAKE CHAMBER WHEN A BRAKE IMBALANCE IS DETECTED. THIS CONDITION INCREASES THE RISK OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE ABS WIRING AND, IF NECESSARY, PROPERLY CONNECT.
Wheels › Hubcap/Cover96V041000
Filed Mar 1, 1996206 vehiclesInternational Truck And Engine
Defect. THE FRONT WHEEL HUB CAN DEVELOP CRACKS AT THE WHEEL MOUNTING STUDS. WHEN MOUNTED TO THE HUB, THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE DISC ROTOR DOES NOT PROPERLY SUPPORT THE HUB AT THE WHEEL STUDS CAUSING EXCESSIVE STRESS AND FATIGUE CRACKS IN THE HUB.
Risk. SHOULD SUFFICIENT CRACKS OCCUR, THE MOUNTING FLANGE PORTION OF THE HUB ALONG WITH THE WHEEL COULD SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. SHOULD THIS OCCUR WHILE THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN, THE DRIVER COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND/OR THE SEPARATED WHEEL AND HUB COULD STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE, PEDESTRIAN OR PROPERTY.
Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW, REDESIGNED HUBS ON THESE VEHICLES.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Turbo/Supercharger94V144000
Filed Aug 2, 1994373 vehiclesInternational Truck And Engine
Defect. FOUR COMPRESSION BACKPLATE RETAINING FASTENERS ON THE TURBO-CHARGER WERE TORQUED ONLY HAND TIGHT. THIS ALLOWS THE FASTENERS TO LOOSEN, AND CAUSES OIL TO LEAK INTO THE COMPRESSOR AIR SIDE OF THE TURBO-CHARGER WHICH, WHEN COUPLED WITH THE HEAT PRECIPITATED BY THE COMPRESSOR AND THE MIXING ACTION OF THE COMPRESSOR WHEEL, CAN RESULT IN AN AIR/OIL MIXTURE THAT FUELS THE ENGINE.
Risk. WHEN THIS OCCURS, ENGINE RUN-ON AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF OPERATOR CONTROL VIA THE NORMAL THROTTLE MECHANISM CAN OCCUR, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
Remedy. REPLACE THE SUSPECT TURBO-CHARGER WITH A NEW TURBO-CHARGER.
What owners reported
Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Fan
Filed Sep 29, 1999OH
FAN CLUTCH FAILED CAUSING BUS TO OVERHEAT WHILE DRIVING. NLM
Power Train › Clutch AssemblyCrash
Filed Dec 6, 1996MS
WHILE FUELING AN IN-GROUND GAS TANK, SET THE HAND BRAKE AND PLACED TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, LEFT VEHICLE AND WALKED BEHIND IT, VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS, PINNING HIM BETWEEN VEHICLE AND STRUCTURE. *AK
Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Switch
Filed Nov 21, 1996MN
TURN SIGNAL SWITCH DEFECTIVE. (6TH VEHICLE ON 603318)
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.
Most recent recall on file: Nov 12, 1996. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.