International Suspension

International is recalling about 26 vehicles over a problem with the suspension. This will cause sparks that could potentially ignite and cause a fire.

Campaign
05V217000
Manufacturer
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION
Reported
12 May 2005
Vehicles
26
Built between
Jan 2004 – Jan 2005
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
8 July 2005
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between January 2004 and January 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2004-2005 International 5000Built January 2004 to January 2005
  • 2004-2005 International 9000Built January 2004 to January 2005

What the defect is

Certain trucks equipped with holland/neway air suspension systems, a transverse beam casting may fracture under normal loads. If a casting breaks when the vehicle is traveling on a roadway there is the potential for pieces of the casting to become projectiles and the suspension's transverse beam may drop down low enough to contact the road surface.

What could happen

This will cause sparks that could potentially ignite and cause a fire.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TRANSVERSE BEAM ASSEMBLIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 8, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 2004 to January 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA12 May 2005
  3. Owners notified8 July 2005

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 12 May 2005.

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 may contact international trucks at 1-800-448-7825.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
05512
Recalling manufacturer
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION
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

International recall no. 05512.CUSTOMERS may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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

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