2000 International Harvester 3400 & 2000 International Harvester 3800 + 5 more recall: steering
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: school/transit buses and medium duty trucks. The castings used on the power steering pumps were not built to match the engineering drawings, resulting in a thin wall in the pump casting or a complete connection of two passages that are supposed to be separated to control fluid flow. The fluid flow may be reduced to less than the minimum required flow rate to provide full power assist to the brake system with low engine speed.
💥 The risk
An increase in stopping distance at slow engine speeds CAN result, increasing the possibility of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect and replace all pumps that have the defective casting numbers.
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
- 00V148000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00503
- Manufacturer
- INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
- Vehicles affected
- 4,534
- Component
- STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
- Owner phone
- 1-800-448-7825
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 31, 2000
- Built
- Feb 1, 2000 – Mar 24, 2000
- Recall started by
- ODI
- Notes
- Owner notification began may 31, 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.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).