1994 International Harvester 4900

Routine

No owner complaints are on file for this vehicle. It has been recalled 1 time.

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

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.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2001	0	3	0	Routine
2000	14	3	0	Routine
1999	4	3	0	Routine
1998	0	2	0	Routine
1997	0	2	0	Routine
1995	1	2	1	Routine
1994 — this page	0	1	0	Routine
1993	1	2	0	Routine
1992	0	2	0	Routine
1991	1	2	1	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 2, 1994. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.