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1998 Ic 3800 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 Sep 23, 2010
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 Sep 23, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1998 Ic 3800. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Body & structure
Filed Sep 23, 2010

WE ARE A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. WE OWN A 1998 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BUS. DURING A MONTHLY INSPECTION OUR MECHANIC NOTICE THAT A SECTION OF THE FRAME THAT DID NOT LOOK NORMAL. AFTER CLOSELY INSPECTING THIS AREA IT APPEARS THAT THE STEEL IS EXPANDING. THIS IS MUCH DIFFERENT THEN RUSTING FROM THE OUTSIDE IN. IT APPEARS WATER IS SOME HOW WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE STEEL AND CAUSING IT TO EXPAND. IT LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHEN WAFERBOARD GETS WET CAUSING IT TO SWELL. OUR NEW YORK STATE DOT INSPECTOR WILL NOT PASS THE BUS IN THIS CONDITION. WE HAVE TWO OTHER BUSES PURCHASED THAT SAME YEAR STARTING TO DEVELOP THE SAME ISSUE. WE CURRENTLY KEEP OUR BUSES 15 TO 16 YEARS AND NEVER HAVE HAD AND ISSUE WITH THE FRAMES. THE ONLY REPAIR INTERNATIONAL IS RECOMMENDING IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE FRAME RAIL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10357209
Incident
Aug 1, 2010
Mileage
137,080 mi

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.

Data sources

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