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2000 International 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 12, 2000
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 Jul 12, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2000 International 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 12, 2000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET TRAVLLING 25MPH NOTICED A SMELL OF BURNING BRAKES. PULLED OVER, NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE HOUSING. TOOK A HOSE TO IT TO COOL IT DOWN. WHEEL WAS IN DANGER OF EXPLODING OR STARTING A FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS A BRAND NEW DESIGN "DIAMOND LIFE BRAKE SYSTEM". ONE OF THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW ON THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM, CAUSING THESE FAILURE. THE LEFT REAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS TIME GOING 50MPH ON THE HWY. NO WARNING. NO NOTHING. DIDN'T EVEN ALLOW THE BRAKES. *AK

NHTSA ID
865317
Incident
Jun 21, 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.

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