INTERNATIONAL HARVESTERS Series
NHTSA vehicle recall lookup
1981 International Harvester S Series recalls
There are 2 NHTSA recall campaigns associated with this vehicle configuration.
Live NHTSA dataVehicle taxonomy resolved as International Harvester S Series.
Most-mentioned components
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR · 1VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL · 1
Campaign 87V005000
Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
May 1, 1989
Summary
ENGINE AND BRAKE BACKUP SYSTEM HAVE COMMON ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE; ENGINE COULD DIE FROM ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF THE MAIN POWER FEED FROM THE ALTERNATOR.
Risk
THIS COULD RESULT IN BRAKE FAILURE WHICH COULD RESULT INA CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
Remedy
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SEPARATE ENGINE AND BRAKE BACK UP CIRCUITS.
Campaign 84V091000
Vehicle Speed Control
Feb 8, 1985
Summary
THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN CABLE LOCATED BETWEEN THE DASH BOARD AND FIREWALL, MAY INTERFERE WITH THE ACCELERATOR LINKAGE.
Remedy
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ENGINE SHUTDOWN CABLE WILL BE REROUTED AND STRAPPED DOWN AS NECESSARY.
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Model history
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