International Harvester 8000 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 8 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 4 model years of the International Harvester 8000 (1998–2001).

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All International Harvester 8000 recalls (8)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a International Harvester 8000, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Hub (suspension)

   NHTSA 03V193000 Reported May 21, 2003 2,163 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION

   On certain heavy and medium duty trucks and buses equipped with truck hub units manufactured by skf exclusively for use on arvinmeritor's ff98x series non-drive steer axles, the hub unit bearings can wear prematurely.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace all front axle hubs. Owner notification began on november 12, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a…

   Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

2. Service brakes, air

   NHTSA 03V137000 Reported April 3, 2003 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. Check valve (service brakes)

   NHTSA 02V135002 Reported May 20, 2002 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

4. Tie rod assembly (steering)

   NHTSA 01V140004 Reported August 2, 2001 18,348 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

   Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with axle assemblies which may have been manufactured with trw model 20edl ball sockets/drag links. The tie rod ball-socket bearings have a below specification case depth and/or hardness which can lead to premature wear out of the socket in some applications.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the drag link assemblies. Owner notification began august 28, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a…

   Model years: 1999, 2000

5. Connection (steering)

   NHTSA 00V246205 Reported October 16, 2000 15,257 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

   Vehicle description: school and heavy duty trucks equipped with trw drag links. Each drag link assembly contains two 20-edl model ball socket assemblies. Certain of the ball-socket bearings have a below specification case depth and/or hardness which can lead to premature wear out of the socket.

   Remedy: Dealers will remove and replace affected drag links.

   Model years: 1999, 2000

6. Antilock (service brakes)

   NHTSA 00V232301 Reported August 21, 2000 79,465 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

   Vehicle description: medium and heavy duty trucks built with bendix air ABS with an ec-17 1030r electronic control unit (ECU). There have been reports of unwanted ABS activation at low speeds caused by 1) chafed ABS wheel speed sensor wires on rotating parts or 2) a damaged component at the wheel end that generates a certain type of…

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the ABS ECU.

   Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000

7. Antilock (service brakes)

   NHTSA 00V232401 Reported August 21, 2000 62,480 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

   Vehicle description: tractors built with bendix air ABS with an ec-17 1030r electronic control unit (ECU). There have been reports of unwanted ABS activation at low speeds caused by 1) chafed ABS wheel speed sensor wires on rotating parts or 2) a damaged component at the wheel end that generates a certain type of erratic sensor signal.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the ABS ECU.

   Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000

8. Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip (service brakes)

   NHTSA 00V176000 Reported July 3, 2000 104,302 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

   Vehicle description: school and heavy duty trucks built with bendix air ABS. The ABS sensor wires on rotating parts chafes which can lead to a false signal being sent to the bendix ABS electronic control unit (ECU).

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect the sensor wiring routing and re-route or replace the ABS sensors as required.

   Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000

Other International Harvester models

• School Bus42 complaints
• 380041 complaints
• 470040 complaints
• 490021 complaints
• International Harvester11 complaints
• Conventional10 complaints
• 94008 complaints
• 93007 complaints

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.