International Harvester Service Brakes, Air: Slack Adjusters

International Harvester is recalling about 40 vehicles over a problem with the service brakes, air. These vehicles do not comply with the standards.

Campaign
00V413000
Manufacturer
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
Reported
6 December 2000
Vehicles
40
Built between
Jan 1995 – Apr 1995
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
18 December 2000
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between January 1995 and April 1995. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1995 International Harvester 4700Built January 1995 to April 1995

What the defect is

Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks. The vehicles involved in this recall were built for export with manual slack adjusters and were sold in the us. These vehicles need to have automatic slack adjusters in order to comply with the requirements of FMVSS 121, "air brake systems."

What could happen

These vehicles do not comply with the standards.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE MANUAL SLACK ADJUSTERS WILL AUTOMATIC SLACK ADJUSTERS.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 1995 to April 1995
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA6 December 2000
  3. Owners notified18 December 2000

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 6 December 2000.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
00514
Recalling manufacturer
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
Safety standard
FMVSS 121
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owner notification is expected to begin during december 2000.OWNERS who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact international at 1-800-448-7825.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

Same brand