1998 International Harvester 3800
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
1 recall names the 1998 International Harvester 3800. Newest first.
On certain school and transit buses built with bosch zero offset pin slide (zops) hydraulic disc brakes, the zops hydraulic disc brakes may experience calipers sticking in the applied position, which can result in excessive or abnormal heat generation at one or more of the brakes.
Risk and remedy
Risk
The combination of the following factors may collectively result in an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety: potential fire at a wheel end, high incident rates of stuck calipers, and evacuation and containment concerns relating to multiple passengers.
Remedy
International will notify its customers and repair the buses free of charge. the recall began october 29, 2004.
Owner complaints
4 complaints1 involved a fire
What owners report most
Latest complaints
- Electrical system
1998 international school bus instrument panel. *tr
- Electrical system › Instrument cluster/panel
Instrument panel does not work and it IS a problem that comes from international as told to us by international service man. We can pay 600 dollars to have it fixed we should not have to pay if it comes from international. we have 3 buses all have the same problem. *Jb
- Electrical system › 12v/24v/48v battery › Cables
While driving the operator smelled something hot. upon stopping and exiting the vehicle the operator saw fire comming from behind the motor compartment through the wheel well. he was able to extinguish the fire.*ak our mechanic inspected the vehicle and discovered that the clamps holding the…
While driving the operator smelled something hot. upon stopping and exiting the vehicle the operator saw fire comming from behind the motor compartment through the wheel well. he was able to extinguish the fire.*ak our mechanic inspected the vehicle and discovered that the clamps holding the positive and negative battery leads had worn through the insulation creating a dead short. the same defect was discovered on another of our school buses that had been purchased at the same time.
- Steering › Hydraulic power assist › Pump
The school bus experiences loss of power steering when turning left or right and only when the engine speed IS increased during steering operation, the original pump #2107611 was replaced. nlm
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Overheating front and rear brakes
This investigation focused on international medium duty trucksand school bus chassis weighing up to 33,000 pounds, equipped with hydraulic brakes and built with the bosch zero offset pin slide (zops)brake system calipers.international used the zops calipers from april 1997 through june 2002.odi was concerned about…
This investigation focused on international medium duty trucksand school bus chassis weighing up to 33,000 pounds, equipped with hydraulic brakes and built with the bosch zero offset pin slide (zops)brake system calipers.international used the zops calipers from april 1997 through june 2002.odi was concerned about reports of the brake calipers sticking in the applied position, resulting in excessive heat.as the investigation progressed, odi became aware of wheel end fires, some of which occurred on school buses.during the investigation odi obtained warranty data which was sorted and analyzed by vrtc test engineers and odi to gain an understanding of the magnitude of the problem.after a thorough warranty data analysis, related testing and document reviews, odi met with international, shared the data analysis and shortly afterwards, international agreed to a safety recall.further details are included on pages 2 - 4.
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
- 10001418New hydraulic disc brake slide pins, bolts, and lubricant. Various models including the 3400, 4200, 4300, and 4400.
- 614718Vehicle recall regarding the dcm parking brake drum separating from the transmission flange yoke and the transmission companion flange due to an assembly problem.
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