International Harvester Engine and Engine Cooling: Engine

International Harvester is recalling about 2,973 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. Flywheel failure could cause personal injury tooccupants and/or loss of truck contrl and result in an accident.

Campaign
89V051000
Manufacturer
NAVISTAR INTL CORP.
Reported
27 March 1989
Vehicles
2,973
Built between
Sep 1988 – Dec 1988
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
17 April 1989
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 1988 and December 1988. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1989 International Harvester International HarvesterBuilt September 1988 to December 1988

What the defect is

A crack may reduce structural strength of the flywheel.

What could happen

Flywheel failure could cause personal injury tooccupants and/or loss of truck contrl and result in an accident.

What gets fixed

REMOVE AND REPLACE ALL SUSPECT FLYWHEELS.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 1988 to December 1988
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA27 March 1989
  3. Owners notified17 April 1989

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 27 March 1989.

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
NAVISTAR INTL CORP.
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

System: engine flywheel.vehicle description: heavy-duty trucks with DT/DTA-360 and DT/DTA-466 enginesand automatic transmissions.

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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