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1997 Elgin Navistar 4900 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 19, 2007
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 19, 2007

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Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1997 Elgin Navistar 4900. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Filed Aug 19, 2007

ON THE CATERPILLAR HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR SUCH AS 330 AND 345 SERIES AND 325 SERIES WE SEE INSIDE THE DRIVER CAB THE SHADE FOR THE SUN ROOF WINDOW WILL HIT THE DRIVERS FINGERS VERY HARD WHEN THE DRIVER OPENS THE SHADE. THE SHADE HAS SOME FINGER GRIPS FOR THE DRIVER TO PULL ON TO OPEN THE SHADE BUT THE SHADE IT OPENS TOO FAR UNTIL THE FINGER GRIPS GO ALMOST ALL THE WAY INTO THE CEILING. THE DRIVERS FINGERS GET CAUGHT AND IF THE DRIVER OPENED THE SHADE VERY FAST THEN THE SHADE HITS DRIVERS FINGERS VERY HARD INTO THE CEILING OF THE CAB. SOMETIMES THE SHADE WILL NOT OPEN FAST BUT SOMETIMES IT SLIDES VERY EASY AND THEN THE SHADE MOVES VERY FAST AND HURTS THE DRIVERS FINGERS A LOT. THE DRIVER CAN HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS THE DRIVER CAN BE DISTRACTED AND UPSET AND CAN HIT THE CONTROLS BY ACCIDENT. SOMETIMES YOU SEE THIS TRACTOR IN A BUSY CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH LOTS OF PEOPLES NEXT TO IT OR SOMETIMES YOU SEE THIS IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY DOING SOME WORK WHEN THE CARS GO PAST RIGHT NEXT TO IT AND THE DRIVER HAS TO BE CAREFUL WHAT HE IS DOING SO THAT HE DOESN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT HOW CAN HE BE CAREFUL WHEN HIS FINGER TIPS HAVE JUST BEEN BROKE OFF!!!! :-P THE FINGER TIPS ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO THIS!!!! YOU SEE THIS IN ALL THE EXCAVATORS WE SEE FROM CATERPILLAR SO HOW MANY TRACTORS HAS THIS PROBLEM I DON'T KNOW BUT IT MUST BE A LOTS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10200036
Incident
Jun 6, 2007

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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