- Vehicles
- 1,327
- Built between
- Jul 1983 – Dec 1983
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 15 February 1984
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between July 1983 and December 1983. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1984 International Harvester PaystarBuilt July 1983 to December 1983
- 1984 International Harvester TranstarBuilt July 1983 to December 1983
What the defect is
A cotter pin that prevents the hinge attaching the brake pedal to the floor from coming apart may have been omitted.
What gets fixed
INSPECT BRAKE PEDAL AND INSTALL COTTER PIN IF MISSING.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJuly 1983 to December 1983
- Recall reported to NHTSA14 February 1984
- Owners notified15 February 1984
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 14 February 1984.
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
- Recalling manufacturer
- INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
- 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
Vehicle description: trucks and truck tractors with conventional cabs.system: service brakes; brake pedal.consequences of defect: if the cotter pin is missing, the hinge pin may comeout of the hinge and the brake pedal will disconnect from the floor. When thepedal is not connected, the brakes are lost, resulting in an accident withoutprior warning.
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.