Engineering Analysis · Closed

OVERHEATING FRONT AND REAR BRAKES

Action number

EA02034

Opened

Dec 3, 2002

Closed

Feb 10, 2004

Outcome

Recall 03V062000

Manufacturer: Navistar, Inc.

This investigation led to a recall

NHTSA links this probe to recall campaign 03V062000.

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What NHTSA is examining

This investigation focused on international medium duty trucksand school bus chassis weighing up to 33,000 pounds, equipped with hydraulic brakes and built with the bosch zero offset pin slide (zops)brake system calipers.international used the zops calipers from april 1997 through june 2002.odi was concerned about reports of the brake calipers sticking in the applied position, resulting in excessive heat.as the investigation progressed, odi became aware of wheel end fires, some of which occurred on school buses.during the investigation odi obtained warranty data which was sorted and analyzed by vrtc test engineers and odi to gain an understanding of the magnitude of the problem.after a thorough warranty data analysis, related testing and document reviews, odi met with international, shared the data analysis and shortly afterwards, international agreed to a safety recall.further details are included on pages 2 - 4.

Vehicles under investigation

1999 International Harvester 36002000 International Harvester 36002001 International Harvester 36001997 International Harvester 38001998 International Harvester 38001999 International Harvester 38002000 International Harvester 38002001 International Harvester 38002000 International Harvester 43002001 International Harvester 43002000 International Harvester 44002001 International Harvester 44002000 International Harvester 4700 LP2000 International Harvester 4700 LPX1998 International Harvester International1997 International 16521998 International 16521999 International 16522000 International 16522001 International 16522002 International 16521997 International 32001998 International 32001999 International 32002000 International 32002001 International 32002002 International 32001997 International 36001998 International 36002002 International 36002002 International 38001997 International 42001998 International 42001999 International 42002000 International 42002001 International 42002002 International 42001997 International 43001998 International 43001999 International 43002002 International 43001997 International 44001998 International 44001999 International 44002002 International 44001997 International 4700 LP1998 International 4700 LP1999 International 4700 LP2001 International 4700 LP2002 International 4700 LP1997 International 4700 LPX1998 International 4700 LPX1999 International 4700 LPX2001 International 4700 LPX2002 International 4700 LPX

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation records, updated daily. An investigation is not a determination that a defect exists; many probes close without a recall.