1998 International Harvester International
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Owner complaints
1 complaints1 involved a crash18 injuries
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- Parking brake · Service brakes, air › Antilock
Had delivered a busload of students to lunch and picked up another immediately busload (44 passengers) thereafter. upon topping a steep hill brakes did not seem to be functioning properly. pulled emergency brake but ddid not stop in time to avoid collision with another transit bus, injuring 18…
Had delivered a busload of students to lunch and picked up another immediately busload (44 passengers) thereafter. upon topping a steep hill brakes did not seem to be functioning properly. pulled emergency brake but ddid not stop in time to avoid collision with another transit bus, injuring 18 (iincluding myself) slightly. I was removed from the position and written up for the accident. nothing has been done to fix the brakes, as far as I know. I believe the load was too much for the brake system or there was a defect in the brake system causing braking ability to diminish.*ak
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.
- 10057798All vehicles with 1sb6.7 engines with faulty codes fc555 or fc556 may experience problems caused by the freezing breather filter or ice in the road draft tube.
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