International Harvester 8100 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 9 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 10 model years of the International Harvester 8100 (1992–2001). The most-complained-about year is 1996.

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What International Harvester 8100 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 1996 model year has the most, with 1.

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All International Harvester 8100 recalls (9)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a International Harvester 8100, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Idler and attachment (steering)

   NHTSA 01V187000 Reported June 7, 2001 109 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

   Vehicle description: heavy duty vehicles equipped with a 20,000 pound rated dana i-200 front steer axles. There are visible cracks in the seal diameter and large bearing diameter on the front axle knuckles, which can reduce the life expectancy of the knuckles.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the two front steering knuckles. Owner notification began july 20, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy…

   Model years: 2001

2. Slack adjusters (service brakes)

   NHTSA 01V023000 Reported February 1, 2001 2,855 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

   Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with air brake haldex automatic slack adjusters, long stroke brake chambers, and dana brakes. The automatic slack adjuster anchor brackets can fail due to fatigue fracture and completely separate, causing the slack adjusters to function as manual slack adjusters.

   Remedy: Dealers will install a new bracket on each suspect slack adjuster. Owner notification began february 22, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive…

   Model years: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

3. Automatic transmission (power train)

   NHTSA 00V131005 Reported June 6, 2000 223 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

   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.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the autoshift transmissions.

   Model years: 2000

4. Suspension: rear

   NHTSA 96V240000 Reported November 27, 1996 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

5. Suspension: rear

   NHTSA 96V233002 Reported November 22, 1996 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

6. Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (service brakes)

   NHTSA 95V144000 Reported August 2, 1995 278 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

   These vehicles were built with an improperly plumbed brake system which affects the braking on the rear axle when running either bobtail or pulling a trailer.

   Remedy: Navistar dealers will inspect vehicles and repair by installing brake lines and fittings as required.

   Model years: 1995, 1996

7. Accelerator pedal (vehicle speed control)

   NHTSA 94V196000 Reported October 7, 1994 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

8. Turbo/supercharger (engine and engine cooling)

   NHTSA 94V144000 Reported August 2, 1994 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

9. Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (service brakes)

   NHTSA 92V176000 Reported December 2, 1992 149 vehicles potentially affected NAVISTAR INTL CORP.

   The air line plumbing of the air brake foot valve was connected to the supply reservoir instead of the primary reservoir. This removes the primary brake system as a back-up in the event of a secondary brake system failure.

   Remedy: Reroute the foot valve airlines to the primary air tank.

   Model years: 1992, 1993

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.