International Harvester Transtar Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 3 model years of the International Harvester Transtar (1974–1984).

Pick your International Harvester Transtar model year

• 1974
• 1975
• 1984

All International Harvester Transtar recalls (3)

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

1. Service brakes, air: controls, pedals and linkages

   NHTSA 84V016000 Reported February 14, 1984 1,327 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER

   A cotter pin that prevents the hinge attaching the brake pedal to the floor from coming apart may have been omitted.

   Remedy: Inspect brake pedal and install cotter pin if missing.

   Model years: 1984

2. Service brakes, air: control unit/module

   NHTSA 75V029000 Reported February 14, 1975 62 vehicles potentially affected NAVISTAR INTL CORP.

   Model years: 1974, 1975

3. Connection (steering)

   NHTSA 73V228000 Reported December 3, 1973 3,000 vehicles potentially affected NAVISTAR INTL CORP.

   Model years: 1974

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.