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1988 International Harvester School Bus 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 Jan 28, 1998
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 Feb 9, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 International Harvester School Bus. 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 1–6 of 6

Transmission
Filed Jan 28, 1998

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. (QCAW)

NHTSA ID
529247
Incident
Feb 7, 1996
Transmission
Filed Jan 28, 1998

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. (QCAW)

NHTSA ID
529244
Incident
Mar 20, 1996
Transmission
Filed Jan 28, 1998

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

NHTSA ID
529241
Incident
Apr 8, 1997
Transmission
Filed Aug 31, 1997

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

NHTSA ID
516918
Incident
Apr 8, 1997
Engine
Filed Apr 29, 1996

WATER PUMP SHAFT BROKE, CAUSING COOLANT LEAK. (SECOND VEHICLE ON 503980) *DH

NHTSA ID
601430
Incident
Apr 24, 1996
Transmission
Filed Feb 9, 1996

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SD

NHTSA ID
501831
Incident
Feb 7, 1996

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

Data on this page last refreshed .