2000 International Harvester 5000 & 2000 International Harvester 9000 recall: speed control
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks. The brake light switch and the cruise control switch are mounted in such a way as to allow moisture within the air brake system to collect inside the switches. If the moisture in the switches freezes, the brake lights may not function and the cruise control might not disengage when the brake pedal is depressed.
💥 The risk
If the switches freeze, the results could be no brake lights to warn following vehicles and an extended stopping distance if the cruise control does not disengage as expected when the brake pedal is pressed.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will re-mount the air manifold and switches to a proven, trouble-free orientation.
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
- 00V206000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00506
- Manufacturer
- INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
- Vehicles affected
- 28,010
- Component
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Owner phone
- 1-800-448-7825
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Aug 14, 2000
- Built
- Jul 1, 1998 – Jul 2, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began august 14, 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).