2002 International 7000 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2002 International 7000, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Transmission1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Transmission
Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules.
From owner reports, verbatim
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ECM WAS MOUNTED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE COMPUTER UNIT CORRODED DUE TO EXPOSURE TO DIRT , WATER, AND ROAD SALT. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO DOWNSHIFT AT 50 MPH. THE CORROSION ALSO CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER, CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN ROUGH ALONG WITH OTHER ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE A NEW ECM WAS INSTALLED INSIDE THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE PASSENGER SEAT. UPDATED 9/18/2006 - *NM
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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