2000 International 9900I & 2000 International Harvester 2574 + 4 more recall: powertrain & transmission
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with eaton autoshift gen II transmission assemblies. Due to a software problem in the transmission assemblies, the transmission will select the wrong gear.
💥 The risk
If an inappropriate gear is selected without the driver's knowledge, the vehicle will react differently than expected, possibly resulting in injury or crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the autoshift transmissions.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V131005
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00504
- Manufacturer
- INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
- Vehicles affected
- 223
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- Owner phone
- 1-800-448-7825
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jul 5, 2000
- Built
- Jan 10, 2000 – Apr 20, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notificationbegan july 5, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact international at 1-800-448-7825 or eaton at 1-888-880-0970. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).