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1998 International Harvester 4700 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 9, 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.
1
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 Oct 14, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 International Harvester 4700. 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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Brakes
Filed Jul 9, 2007
Fire reported

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 INTERNATIONAL 4700. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS FRICTION, WHICH RESULTED FROM THE BRAKES BEING JAMMED BY RUST. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT ROTOR, CALIPERS, AND BRAKE SHOES. APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD HYDRAULIC BRAKES, WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE, WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE HAD AIR BRAKES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR BRAKE SHOES. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE IF ANYTHING ELSE WAS REPLACED. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 45,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

NHTSA ID
10195680
Incident
Oct 1, 2005
Mileage
35,000 mi
Body & structure
Filed Oct 14, 1999

WE PURCHASED 3 LIKE UNITS FROM THIS MANUFACTUER IN 1998, AND HAVE 7 MORE IN OUR FLEET RANGING FROM YEAR 1993-1997. THE VAST MAJORITY HAVE DEVELOPED OTHER STRUCTURAL WELD FRACTURES, AND HAVE BEEN RETURNED SEVERAL TIMES TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR REPAIR, ONLY TO BREAK AGAIN WITHIN WEEKS OF RETURN. THE PARAMEDICS IN THIS PARTICULAR UNIT NOTICED THE MODULE FLOOR WAS MOVING INDEPENDENT OF THE WALLS WHILE MOVING. WE HAVE HAD THIS UNIT REPAIRED, BUT DO HAVE NUMEROUS PICTURES AND SOME VIDEO AVAILABLE. WE WOULD ALSO ENTERTAIN USING ANOTHER LIKE VEHICLE OF OURS FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY TESTING IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

NHTSA ID
713312
Incident
Apr 10, 1999

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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