International Harvester 2574, 8100, 9100I and others: Automatic transmission

Date

June 6, 2000

Filed by

International Truck And Engine

Vehicles

International 9900I (2000); International Harvester 2574 (2000); International Harvester 8100 (2000); International Harvester 9100I (2000); International Harvester 9200I (2000); International Harvester 9400I (2000)

Manufacturer of the vehicles

INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION; International Motors, LLC

Component

Power Train › Automatic Transmission

Description of the defect

Vehicle description: heavy Duty Trucks equipped with Eaton autoshift gen II Transmission assemblies. Due to a software problem in The Transmission assemblies, The Transmission will select The wrong Gear.

Potentially affected

223

What can happen

If an inappropriate Gear is selected without The driver's knowledge, The Vehicle will react differently than expected, possibly resulting in injury or crash.

Remedy

Dealers will replace The autoshift transmissions.

Recall notes

Owner notificationbegan July 5, 2000. Owners Who take their Vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon Service date And do not receive The Free remedy within a reasonable Time should contact International at 1-800-448-7825 or Eaton at 1-888-880-0970. Also contact The National Highway traffic Safety administration's Auto Safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Owner notification date

July 5, 2000

Manufacturer campaign number

00504

Recall type

V (vehicle)

Influenced by

MFR

Recall number

00V131005

What should I do? Car recall: how to check your car and get it fixed

Source: NHTSA · Vehicle record. View the agency notice. The agency notice governs; check it and the company before acting.