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1999 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 Jul 20, 2008
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 Dec 3, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 9 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 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

Showing 1–9 of 9

Electrical
Filed Jul 20, 2008

INSTRUMENT PANEL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10234962
Incident
Jul 18, 2008
Mileage
21,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Jul 20, 2008

INSTRUMENT PANEL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10234961
Incident
Jul 18, 2008
Mileage
22,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Jan 12, 2004

THE BUS GAUGES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *PH CONSUMER OWNS THREE OF THE SAME VEHICLES AND ALL EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT. FAILURE OCCURS WHILE MOVING OR AT A STOP. SOMETIMES IT WOULD OCCUR 7 TIMES IN A DAY THEN NOTHING FOR A FEW MORE DAYS. THERE'S NO PATTERN. THE SPEEDOMETER HEAD, AND SPEED SENSOR HAS BEEN CHANGED AND CLEANED BUT TO NO AVAIL. *PH

NHTSA ID
10048398
Incident
May 1, 2001
Mileage
20,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Jul 25, 2003

PROBLEMS WITH FRONT BRAKES OVERHEATING, ROTORS ARE WARPED. EXCESSIVE DRAG ON FRONT BRAKES, ABS SENSOR DAMAGED DUE TO HEAT. REPLACED ROTORS, CALIPER, AND PADS ON FRONT AXLE. OVER $800.00 IN REPAIRS. *MR *CB *JB

NHTSA ID
10032452
Brakes
Filed Jul 25, 2003

DURING AN INSPECTION THE TECHNICIAN FOUND SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE HEATING OF CALIPERS AND WEAR OF PADS. *MR *CB

NHTSA ID
10031910
Mileage
10,490 mi
Brakes
Filed Jul 25, 2003

THE REAR BRAKES OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING. THE DRIVER REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO A MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THE REAR BRAKES AND FOUND THEM TO BE OK; NO DRAG. THE MECHANIC TEST DROVE AND RECHECKED THE BUS BUT STILL FOUND NO BRAKE DRAG. *MR *CB *NLM

NHTSA ID
10031908
Brakes
Filed Dec 3, 2001

INTERMITTENT LIGHT ON DASH, INDICATING ANTI - LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT FUNCTIONING. *AK

NHTSA ID
755221
Incident
Sep 1, 2001
Brakes
Filed Dec 3, 2001

INTERMITTENT LIGHT ON DASH, INDICATING ANTI - LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT FUNCTIONING. *AK

NHTSA ID
755220
Incident
Sep 1, 2000
Brakes
Filed Dec 3, 2001

INTERMITTENT LIGHT ON DASH INDICATING ANTI - LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM NOT FUNCTIONING.*AK

NHTSA ID
755207
Incident
Sep 1, 2000

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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