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International Harvester 4700 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 14 safety recalls and 40 owner complaints across 11 model years of the International Harvester 4700 (1991–2001). The most-complained-about year is 1997.

14
safety recalls, all years
40
owner complaints, all years
1995
year with most recalls
1997
year with most complaints

Pick your International Harvester 4700 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2001 International Harvester 470047
2000 International Harvester 470056
1999 International Harvester 470055
1998 International Harvester 470032
1997 International Harvester 4700413
1996 International Harvester 470013
1995 International Harvester 470052
1994 International Harvester 470021
1993 International Harvester 470011
1992 International Harvester 470010
1991 International Harvester 470010

What International Harvester 4700 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 40 complaints with NHTSA. The 1997 model year has the most, with 13.

All International Harvester 4700 recalls (14)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a International Harvester 4700, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Wheel speed sensor (service brakes)

    NHTSA 04V269000 Reported 81,883 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION

    On certain school buses and truck model vehicles manufactured between february 28, 1999, through april 5, 2004, the anti-lock brake system electronic control unit (ECU) may misinterpret a corrupt wheel speed signal.

    Remedy: International will notify its customers and inspect and repair the affected vehicles free of charge. The recall began august 1, 2004. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service…

    Model years: 1999, 2000, 2001

  2. Service brakes, air

    NHTSA 03V137000 Reported 2,818 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION

    On certain heavy duty trucks, a brass fitting connects the double check valve to the brake relay valve. With certain inputs to the vehicle, the weight of the check valve on the fitting can cause the assembly to resonate. The subject vibration can cause excessive strain levels in the fitting, which could eventually fatigue and fail.

    Remedy: Dealers will install a kit to remount the double check valve with a flexible hose on the majority of vehicles. On a small number of units with clearance issues or traction control, a kit with a new relay valve that has…

    Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

  3. Seats

    NHTSA 03V083000 Reported 2,418 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION

    On certain heavy duty trucks equipped with bostrom driver seat models 910, 910sc, or 914 and international's parking brake code 04036, if someone outside the cab adjusts/slides the driver's seat to its most forward position, with the parking brake set, the seat will contact and release the parking brake lever.

    Remedy: Dealers will install a stop-bracket on the seat track to limit the travel of the seat so that the seat cannot release the parking brake lever. Owner notification began on march 31, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles…

    Model years: 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999

  4. Check valve (service brakes)

    NHTSA 02V135002 Reported 108,560 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    On certain medium and heavy duty trucks, a brass fitting connects the double check valve to the brake relay valve. With certain inputs to the vehicle, the weight of the check valve on the fitting can cause the assembly to resonate. The subject vibration can cause excessive strain levels in the fitting, which could eventually fatigue and…

    Remedy: Dealers will install a kit to remount the double check valve with a flexible hose on the majority of vehicles. On a small number of units with clearance issues or traction control, a kit with a new relay valve that has…

    Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

  5. Seats

    NHTSA 01V102000 Reported 1,389 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with bostrom driver seat models (910, 910sc, or 914) and international's parking brake code 04036. If someone outside the cab adjusts/slides the driver's seat to its most forward position, with the parking brake set, the seat will contact and release the parking brake lever.

    Remedy: Dealers will install a stop-bracket on the seat track to limit the travel of the seat so that the seat can not release the parking brake lever. Owner notification began april 20, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to…

    Model years: 1999, 2000, 2001

  6. Slack adjusters (service brakes)

    NHTSA 00V413000 Reported 40 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks. The vehicles involved in this recall were built for export with manual slack adjusters and were sold in the us. These vehicles need to have automatic slack adjusters in order to comply with the requirements of FMVSS 121, "air brake systems."

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the manual slack adjusters will automatic slack adjusters.

    Model years: 1995

  7. Automatic transmission (power train)

    NHTSA 00V229004 Reported 4 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: trucks equipped with allison 1000 or 2400 series transmissions. These transmissions can experience park pawl to rear cover interference due to an out of flatness condition.

    Remedy: Allison transmission is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Dealers will remove the transmission from the vehicle, replace the park pawl, and reinstall the transmission in the vehicle.…

    Model years: 2000

  8. Suspension: rear

    NHTSA 96V240000 Reported 233 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: school buses and heavy duty trucks equipped with rear axle assemblies produced by dana spicer. Certain rear axle assemblies were improperly heat treated which could allow pinion breakage at the pinion threads.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the rear axle carrier/pinion assembly.

    Model years: 1997

  9. Suspension: rear

    NHTSA 96V233002 Reported 1,133 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    The drive axle housings consist of a plate steel center section and two forged spindles, one of which is welded to each end of the center section. Each spindle contains a keyway slot in which the locking tab for the wheel bearing nut locking mechanism is inserted. The length of the keyway slot may not be long enough to accommodate the…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the drive axle housing nuts with a conventional wheel nut hardware system.

    Model years: 1997

  10. Steering wheel/handle bar (steering)

    NHTSA 96V154000 Reported 215 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    The steering column used was incorrectly manufactured. The tube portion of the steering column has a welded end with a specified length of 5.5 inches. A 3.5 inch welded end was used by mistake. With the shorter end, it is possible there is insufficient engagement of the male end into the tube portion and separation of the column could…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the incorrectly built steering column with a new correctly built steering column.

    Model years: 1996, 1997

  11. Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (parking brake)

    NHTSA 94V232000 Reported 71 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    At low ambient temperature, with the parking brake applied abd the engine running, pressure can build up sufficiently to partially pressurize the brake chamber which controls the ddm park brake at the rear of the transmission allowing the parking brake to partially release.

    Remedy: Dealers will re-plumb the hydraulic lines of the hydraulic park brake system preventing unintentional release of the park brake.

    Model years: 1995

  12. Accelerator pedal (vehicle speed control)

    NHTSA 94V196000 Reported 6,449 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    The base of the electronic accelerator pedal is made of die cast aluminum. The base mounts directly to the cab firewall. The cab firewall is not rigid enough or flat enough at the mounting surface, causing stress on the accelerator base that will cause the mounting pads on the base of the pedal assembly to fail and totally separate from…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the accelerator pedal assembly and install a plate between the accelerator mounting base and the firewall on those units where the base is not broken and has no visible signs of a crack. If the…

    Model years: 1994, 1995

  13. Turbo/supercharger (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 94V144000 Reported 373 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Four compression backplate retaining fasteners on the turbo-charger were torqued only hand tight. This allows the fasteners to loosen, and causes oil to leak into the compressor air side of the turbo-charger which, when coupled with the heat precipitated by the compressor and the mixing action of the compressor wheel, can result in an…

    Remedy: Replace the suspect turbo-charger with a new turbo-charger.

    Model years: 1994, 1995

  14. Air suspension system (suspension)

    NHTSA 93V092000 Reported 193 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    The pressure relief valve was omitted in the air tank. The air tank is the reservoir for the air suspension and is not brake related. Without the pressure relief valve, there is no back-up system to limit air pressure in the air suspension system.

    Remedy: Install a pressure relief valve in the air tank.

    Model years: 1991, 1992, 1993

Other International Harvester models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.