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1996 International Harvester 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 Oct 29, 2015
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.
0
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.
0
Reports on file since Nov 26, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 International Harvester 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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Engine
Filed Oct 29, 2015

THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN A WAY WHERE IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH 49 CFR 393.83(D) EVEN THOUGH THE MANUFACTURER CERTIFIED THE VEHICLE COMPLIED WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT. THE OEM CONFIGURATION OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM ALLOWS SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN TO INHALE DIESEL EXHAUST FUMES THROUGH THE LEFT SIDE PASSENGER WINDOWS.

NHTSA ID
10787152
Incident
Oct 22, 2015
Mileage
230,000 mi
Body & structureElectrical
Filed Nov 26, 1997

WIRE SHORTED OUT CAUSING ELECTRICAL FAILURES.

NHTSA ID
525432
Incident
Jan 30, 1997

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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