The defect
THE V BELT PULLEY, WHICH DRIVES THE HYDRAULIC PUMP PROVIDING POWER ASSIST FOR STEERING AND HYDRAULIC BRAKES, CAN FAIL.
The risk
LOSS OF POWER ASSIST TO THE STEERING AND POWER ASSIST TOHYDRAULIC BRAKES CAN RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
The remedy
INSTALL DIFFERENT PULLEY AND REINFORCE POWER STEERING PUMP MOUNTING.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| International 1652SC | 1988, 1989 |
| International Harvester 1452SC | 1988, 1989 |
| International Harvester 1654 | 1988, 1989 |
| International Harvester 1753 | 1988, 1989 |
| International Harvester Metro | 1988, 1989 |
Components: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| International 1652SC | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| International 1652SC | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| International Harvester 1452SC | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| International Harvester 1452SC | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| International Harvester 1654 | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| International Harvester 1654 | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| International Harvester 1753 | 1988 | 0 | 3 |
| International Harvester 1753 | 1989 | 0 | 3 |
| International Harvester Metro | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| International Harvester Metro | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
Other steering recalls in 1988
19 of the 197 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1988 concerned the steering; NAVISTAR INTL CORP. filed 163 campaigns in all.
| 88V187000 1 Dec 1988 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| 88V167000 24 Oct 1988 | FREIGHTLINER CORP. |
| 88V160000 11 Oct 1988 | FREIGHTLINER CORP. |
| 88V158000 4 Oct 1988 | CHANCE COACH, INC. |
| 88V131000 4 Aug 1988 | WESTERN STAR TRUCKS, INC. |
| 88V125000 27 Jul 1988 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 88V124000 26 Jul 1988 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 88V122000 25 Jul 1988 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1988