Navistar Recalls, Complaints & Safety Data

NHTSA safety recalls, owner-reported complaints and investigations, by model and model year · 1978–2016

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Owner complaints

Investigations

Models covered

24 model years

Our database holds 21 NHTSA owner-reported complaints filed against Navistar vehicles. Our database also holds 34 safety recall campaigns and 13 NHTSA investigations covering at least one Navistar model year.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Navistar models

Ordered by total owner-reported complaint volume, which is not a ranking of quality

Navistar models with published safety data
Model	Model years	Complaints	Recalls
3800	1989–1999	8	11
4700	1991–1999	2	10
9200I	1999	2	3
School Bus Chassis	1979–1992	2	1
3400	1991–1999	1	6
4000	1991–1999	1	2
9200	1996–1999	1	11
9800	1996–1999	1	4
Cesb	2009	1	0
Navistar	1985–1992	1	0
School Bus	1987–1996	1	0
1552	1996–1998	0	1
1652	1996–1998	0	2
1652 Sc	1991–1997	0	3
1824	1978–1987	0	1
1854	1978–1987	0	1
1954	1978–1987	0	1
2000	1991–1997	0	2
2500	1998–1999	0	2
2574	1999	0	1
2600	1998–1999	0	2
2674	1999	0	1
3000 Re	1991–1996	0	1
3600	1996–1998	0	3
3900 Fc W/DT466 Dies.eng.	1990–1992	0	0
4400	2016	0	1
4600	1991–1996	0	1
4800	1992–1999	0	3
4900	1992–1999	0	7
5000	1996–1999	0	5
7400	2016	0	1
8000	1991–1994	0	1
8100	1997–1999	0	4
8200	1997	0	1
9000I	1999	0	1
9100	1997–1999	0	5
9100I	1999	0	3
9300	1996–1999	0	7
9400	1996–1999	0	9
9400I	1999	0	3
9900	1999	0	3
9900I	1999	0	2
Fe Bus	1999	0	1
Ra-42	1981	0	1
Re	1997–1998	0	1
S Series	1981	0	1

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. Complaint totals count a report once for each model year it names; recall totals count a campaign once per model.

Recently issued recalls

The 8 newest campaigns covering a Navistar vehicle in our database

Recalls apply to specific vehicles, not to every vehicle of a model year. Check your VIN with NHTSA or your manufacturer's dealer to confirm whether a recall affects your vehicle.

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16V2940004400, 7400

EQUIPMENTKovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. (KME) is recalling certain model year 2016 KME Predator and KME 2016-2107 Predator Severe Service and Panther emergency vehicles, equipped with pumps to provide pressurized water to aid in fighting fires. These pumps have 6" intake strainers that may have been improperly soldered during production and, as a result, the strainers may come apart during use, allowing parts of the strainer and debris to enter the pump, possibly damaging the pump.

May 12, 2016

00V02200013 Navistar models

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIPVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS. THE ANTILOCK TRACTION RELAY VALVES WERE INCORRECTLY ASSEMBLED BY THE SUPPLIER. AN EXTRA CHECK VALVE WAS INSTALLED WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.

Jan 24, 2000

99V3500004 Navistar models

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:CHECK VALVEVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS. THE CHECK VALVES IN THE AIR BRAKE SYSTEM ON THESE VEHICLES DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 121, "AIR BRAKE SYSTEMS."

Dec 14, 1999

99V3510004800, 4900

SERVICE BRAKES, AIRVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS. THERE IS INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE AIR BRAKE S-CAM AND THE END OF ONE OF THE KNUCKLE STUDS. AS THE BRAKE SHOE LINING WEARS, THE S-CAM ROTATION MAY BE LIMITED BY THE INTERFERING KNUCKLE STUD. IF THE S-CAM CAN NOT ROTATE THROUGH ITS FULL RANGE OF MOTION, THE BRAKING FORCE CAN NOT BE FULLY TRANSMITTED FROM THE BRAKE SHOE LININGS TO THE BRAKE DRUMS.

Dec 14, 1999

99V3310003800

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGSVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SCHOOL BUS. AN AIR BRAKE LINE CONTROLLING THE REAR BRAKES MAY BE TOO CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND COULD RUPTURE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING.

Nov 23, 1999

99V2610004000

PARKING BRAKEVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPED WITH BOSCH 9" X 3" PARKING BRAKE, SPRING ACTUATED, FOR HYDRAULIC LESS AIR SOURCE AND ACTUATED BY PARKING BRAKE KNOB IN INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE PARKING BRAKE HOSE CHAFES AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGH THE ROUTING OF THE HOSES TO AND FROM THE HAND CONTROL VALVE.

Sep 21, 1999

99V2630003800

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLYVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRANSIT AND SCHOOL BUSES BUILT WITH ABS AIR BRAKE ECU AND A 100 GALLON FUEL TANK MOUNTED BETWEEN THE RAILS AND BEHIND THE REAR AXLE ON MODELS WITH A 276" WHEEL BASE. THE ABS ECU INTERFERED WITH THE CROSS MEMBER MOUNTED BEHIND THE REAR AXLE AND IN FRONT OF THE BETWEEN THE RAILS FUEL TANK. THIS CREATED A NO-BUILD SITUATION AT THE PLANT - THE PLANT WOULD EITHER ELIMINATE OR RELOCATE THE CROSS MEMBER OR MOVE THE ECU AS NEEDED.

Sep 21, 1999

99V2620004 Navistar models

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGSVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS BUILT WITH REAR LEAF SPRING SUSPENSIONS (MODELS 4700 BUILT WITH REAR LEAF SUSPENSIONS AND MANUFACTURED FROM DECEMBER 9, THROUGH DECEMBER 16, 1998; MODELS 3400 AND 3800 BUILT WITH 14SBK REAR LEAF SPRING SUSPENSIONS AND BUILT APRIL 14 THROUGH MAY 10, 1999; AND MODELS 3400 AND 3800 BUILT WITH REAR LEAF SPRING SUSPENSIONS AND MANUFACTURED FROM MAY 10 THROUGH MAY 18, 1999). ON VEHICLES WHERE THE FRAME TO AXLE HOSE LENGTH WAS TOO LONG, A CHAFING CONDITION EXISTS ON SUSPENSION COMPONENTS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN HOSE RUPTURE. ON VEHICLES WHERE THE HOSES ARE TOO SHORT, A HOSE SEPARATION COULD OCCUR WITH SEVERE SUSPENSION ARTICULATION.

Sep 21, 1999

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