Service brakes, air › Controls, pedals and linkages

International Harvester Paystar and 1 more

Reported Feb 14, 19841,327 vehicles affectedINTERNATIONAL HARVESTERBuilt Jul 1, 1983 – Dec 1, 1983

The defect

A cotter pin that prevents the hinge attaching the brake pedal to the floor from coming apart may have been omitted.

The remedy

Inspect brake pedal and install cotter pin if missing.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

International Harvester Paystar

1984

International Harvester Transtar

1984

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.

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