IK-1400020
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
INTERNATIONAL: ON CERTAIN MODEL TRUCKS BUILT IN BRAZIL AND SOUTH AFRICA THE AXLE SHAFT FASTENER IS BROKEN AND THE AXLE FLANGE GASKET IS LEAKING. *PE
Vehicle report
1998 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER 9800
Service bulletins
2 bulletinsTechnical 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.
AFCG00905
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
SOME 9800SFA MODELS WITH 89 INCH CAB, ROOF AIR DEFLECTORS AND HIGH HORSEPOWER ENGINES BUILT BETWEEN MARCH 6, 1996 AND MARCH 28, 1999 MAY REQUIRE MODIFICATION TO THE ENGINE AIR INTAKE SYSTEM TO PREVENT INGESTION OF CONTAMINANTS (DIRT, SALT, WATER, ETC). *TT
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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.