Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
IK0500021
IKNOW INTERNATIONAL: OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING WHEN REPAIRING AND DIAGNOSING THE SHEPPARD STEERING GEAR WITH AUTO PLUNGERS. THE MAIN STEERING GEAR RELIEVES PRESSURE BEFORE THE POWERS STEERING PUMP REACHES THE MAXIMUM SET LIMIT. *LJ
IK-0400088
INTERNATIONAL: PROCEDURE INFORMATION TO RESOLVE ISSUE OF OVERHEATING AND SMOKING OF LOW MILEAGE, SINGLE WHEEL END BRAKE. *PE UPDATED 11/4/14. *PE UPDATED 1/27/15. *PE UPDATED 1/30/15. *PE
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.