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1997 Elgin Navistar 4900 Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1997 Elgin Navistar 4900, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Visibility1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Visibility

Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors.

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From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Aug 19, 2007

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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