International Harvester 4900

Owners filed 21 complaints across 10 model years of the International Harvester 4900. The 2000 drew the most (14).

Model years10
Complaints21
Recalls22
Fires2
Deaths0

Which International Harvester 4900 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 International Harvester 4900 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every International Harvester 4900 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20010
3———Routine
200014
3——Service Brakes, Air › DrumRoutine
19994
3——Service Brakes, AirRoutine
19980
2———Routine
19970
2———Routine
19951
21—Service Brakes, AirRoutine
19940
1———Routine
19931
2——Service Brakes, Air › DrumRoutine
19920
2———Routine
19911
21—Unknown or OtherRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.