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Navistar 4900 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 7 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Navistar 4900 (1992–1999).

7
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
1999
year with most recalls

Pick your Navistar 4900 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1999 Navistar 490050
1998 Navistar 490040
1997 Navistar 490020
1996 Navistar 490020
1995 Navistar 490020
1994 Navistar 490020
1993 Navistar 490010
1992 Navistar 490010

All Navistar 4900 recalls (7)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Navistar 4900, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Service brakes, air

    NHTSA 99V351000 Reported 944 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks. There is interference between the air brake s-cam and the end of one of the knuckle studs. As the brake shoe lining wears, the s-cam rotation may be limited by the interfering knuckle stud. If the s-cam can not rotate through its full range of motion, the braking force can not be fully transmitted…

    Remedy: Dealers will shorten the interfering knuckle stud to eliminate the clearance problem.

    Model years: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

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

    NHTSA 99V262000 Reported 4,495 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks built with rear leaf spring suspensions (models 4700 built with rear leaf suspensions and manufactured from december 9, through december 16, 1998; models 3400 and 3800 built with 14sbk rear leaf spring suspensions and built april 14 through may 10, 1999; and models 3400 and 3800 built with rear…

    Remedy: Short hoses will be replaced and the long hoses will have a hose routing kit installed to prevent any chafing problems.

    Model years: 1999

  3. Service brakes, air

    NHTSA 99V055001 Reported 1,547 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks, transit and school buses, equipped with meritor air brake automatic slack adjusters. Some of the automatic slack adjusters had insufficient torque applied to the guide pawl cap screw.

    Remedy: Dealers will check the torque on the automatic slack adjuster guide pawl. If there is no torque, the brakes will be adjusted and the guide pawl will be tightened to 15-20 ft. Lbs.

    Model years: 1999

  4. Wheel bearing (suspension)

    NHTSA 99V014002 Reported 4,024 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: class 8 heavy duty truck chassis equipped with 16,000 lb., 18,000 lb., or 20,000 lb. Heavy duty steering axles. The inner wheel bearing cone for the steering axle wheel hub assembly does not properly fit onto the navistar steering axle spindle assembly. Improper fit of the bearing to the spindle increases the stress…

    Remedy: Dealers will remove the left and right hub/drum assemblies from the steering axles and replace the inner wheel bearing cones and cups.

    Model years: 1998, 1999

  5. Connecting (steering)

    NHTSA 99V033001 Reported 40,091 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    School, transit, or heavy duty vehicles equipped with spicer 6,000 or 8,000 lb. Front steer axles. The tie rod end can pull outboard and separate from the tie rod tube due to improper thread engagement between the male tie rod end and the female tube.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the complete tie rod assembly.

    Model years: 1996, 1997, 1998

  6. Drum (service brakes)

    NHTSA 98V228000 Reported 1,809 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with a 1710 drive line and a 12 x 4 hydraulic parking brake. If the brake drum or transmission yoke are not fully seated when the eight bolts are installed connecting the 3-piece joint, the bolts can loosen.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the torque of these bolts and re-torque to specification.

    Model years: 1998, 1999

  7. Arm (steering)

    NHTSA 98V171000 Reported 1,463 vehicles potentially affected INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE

    Vehicle description: heavy duty 4x4 and 6x6 trucks equipped with fabco 12,000 pound front drive axles. The integral tie rod arm of these axles fractures from the spindle yoke.

    Remedy: Owners will be provided with a replacement kit which consists of 2 spindle yokes, a steering adjustment screw, and miscellaneous parts along with installation instructions.

    Model years: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Other Navistar 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.