1Affected configurations shown279Potential units affected—Latest completion context
What can happen
Safety consequence
Improperly heat treated tow hooks may unexpectedly break during vehicle recovery, resulting in the towed vehicle separating from the towing vehicle while in traffic, increasing the risk of a crash without warning with accompanying vehicle damage, injuries or deaths.
What fixes it
Official remedy
Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the suspect tow hooks, free of change. The safety recall ibegan on December 18, 2012. Owners may contact Navistar at 1-800-448-7825.
Recall lifecycle
Repair completion history
Campaign-level completion reporting. This does not determine whether a particular VIN has been repaired.
Latest reported completion: available in the live DOT record.
Affected vehicles
Vehicle configurations connected to 12V508000
Owner action
Campaign pages describe the public recall record. To determine whether your specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall, use your VIN and verify the current status through NHTSA.