1996 International Harvester 4700

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports	Crashes
Structure	1	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components	1	1
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery	1	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar96V154000

Filed Aug 20, 1996215 vehiclesInternational Truck And Engine

Defect. THE STEERING COLUMN USED WAS INCORRECTLY MANUFACTURED. THE TUBE PORTION OF THE STEERING COLUMN HAS A WELDED END WITH A SPECIFIED LENGTH OF 5.5 INCHES. A 3.5 INCH WELDED END WAS USED BY MISTAKE. WITH THE SHORTER END, IT IS POSSIBLE THERE IS INSUFFICIENT ENGAGEMENT OF THE MALE END INTO THE TUBE PORTION AND SEPARATION OF THE COLUMN COULD OCCUR.

Risk. SHOULD THE COLUMN SEPARATE, THE OPERATOR WOULD LOSE STEERING CONTROL INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE INCORRECTLY BUILT STEERING COLUMN WITH A NEW CORRECTLY BUILT STEERING COLUMN.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery

Filed Oct 16, 2001TN

INSTALLED FROM FACTORY ALTERNATOR TO SMALL FOR TYPE TRUCK. I HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR EIGHT TIMES AND THE BATTERIES THREE TIMES.*AK

Structure

Filed Feb 5, 1998FL

FRAME RAILS AND CROSS MEMBERS FAILED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsCrash

Filed Mar 7, 1996MA

WHEN PEDAL APPLIED, PEDAL IS HARD AND THERE IS NO BRAKING ACTION, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2001	7	4	2	0	Routine
2000	6	5	0	0	Routine
1999	5	5	0	0	Routine
1998	2	3	1	0	Routine
1997	13	4	0	2	Fatalities reported
1996 — this page	3	1	0	0	Routine
1995	2	5	0	0	Routine
1994	1	2	1	0	Routine
1993	1	1	0	0	Routine
1992	0	1	0	0	Routine
1991	0	1	0	0	Routine

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Reading this record

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: Aug 20, 1996. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.