International Harvester Unknown or Other

International Harvester is recalling about 957 vehicles over a problem with the unknown or other. Unintentional activation of remote body accessories could cause a crash resulting in property damage, personal injury, or death.

Campaign
01V212000
Manufacturer
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
Reported
26 June 2001
Vehicles
957
Built between
Oct 2000 – Jun 2001
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
27 July 2001
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between October 2000 and June 2001. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2001 International Harvester 4300Built October 2000 to June 2001
  • 2001 International Harvester 4400Built October 2000 to June 2001

What the defect is

Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks. There is an electrical problem with a remote power module. These vehicles were built with the ability to add six remote switches per module, which are mounted outside the cab and are used to turn on and off circuits that perform custom electrical functions. If two or more remote switches are actuated on within 100MS of one another, all six of the outputs on the remote power module will turn on. If two or more remote switches are actuated off with 100MS of one another, all six of the outputs on the remote power module with turn off.

What could happen

Unintentional activation of remote body accessories could cause a crash resulting in property damage, personal injury, or death.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE ALL THE REMOTE POWER MODULES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 27, 2001.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtOctober 2000 to June 2001
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA26 June 2001
  3. Owners notified27 July 2001

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 26 June 2001.

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.

Manufacturer contact

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.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
01508
Recalling manufacturer
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
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

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