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International Harvester 9800 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 3 owner complaints across 3 model years of the International Harvester 9800 (1987–1998). The most-complained-about year is 1998.

2
safety recalls, all years
3
owner complaints, all years
1997
year with most recalls
1998
year with most complaints

Pick your International Harvester 9800 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1998 International Harvester 980002
1997 International Harvester 980020
1987 International Harvester 980001

What International Harvester 9800 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The 1998 model year has the most, with 2.

All International Harvester 9800 recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a International Harvester 9800, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Vehicle speed control

    NHTSA 96V181002 Reported 93 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    These vehicles are equipped with a detroit diesel optimized idle system. If the ignition is turned on and the fuse for the electronic control module (ECM) power feed line is removed or burned out, unintentional cranking of the engine will occur..

    Remedy: Detroit diesel distributors will rewire the vehicles using a revised ECM which will eliminate unintentional cranking.

    Model years: 1997

  2. 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

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.