Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1999 International Harvester Amtran Buses

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › instrument cluster/panel. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel2
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock00V232101
Filed Aug 21, 20006,259 vehiclesInternational Truck And Engine

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SCHOOL BUSES BUILT WITH BENDIX AIR ABS WITH AN EC-17 1030R ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU). THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSED BY 1) CHAFED ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WIRES ON ROTATING PARTS OR 2) A DAMAGED COMPONENT AT THE WHEEL END THAT GENERATES A CERTAIN TYPE OF ERRATIC SENSOR SIGNAL.

Risk. THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE THE ABS ECU TO EXHAUST THE AIR AT THE AIR BRAKE MODULATORS FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE WHEELS. THIS COULD RESULT IN EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCES AND A POSSIBLE CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ABS ECU.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel
Filed Oct 1, 2006IN

GAUGES DO NOT WORK AND A SERVICE TECH. AT AN INTERNATIONAL DEALER TOLD US IT WAS INTERNATIONALS PROBLEM BUT THEY COULD FIX IT FOR 600.00 DOLLARS. IF IT IS INTERNATIONALS PROBLEM WHY ARE THEY CHARGING TO FIX IT. *JB

Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel
Filed Oct 1, 2006IN

INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT WORK AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS A PROBLEM FROM INTERNATIONAL BUT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY 600 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. *JB

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20000100Routine
1999 — this page2100Routine
19981110Routine

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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 21, 2000. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.