Vehicle recall 97V118000 · July 28, 1997
Navistar 5000, 9200 and 2 more models
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with six-spoke wheel assemblies.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with six-spoke wheel assemblies. These vehicles were manufactured with the wrong combinations of wheel assembly parts. Should the six-spoke wheel assembly have mis-matched parts, high stresses in the wheel studs and potential wheel failures can occur.
- Consequence
- Stud failures can occur resulting in a wheel separation increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect these wheels and make the necessary combination corrections. Also operator instructions and visual aids will be updated.
- Notes
- Note:owner notification will begin August 26, 1997.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 navistar at 1-800-448-7825.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 97V118000
- Reported to NHTSA
- July 28, 1997
- Filed by
- INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
- Owner notification
- August 26, 1997
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 443
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Wheels › Lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Navistar 5000 (1996-1997): 1997, 1996
- Navistar 9200 (1996-1997): 1997, 1996
- Navistar 9300 (1996-1997): 1997, 1996
- Navistar 9400 (1996-1997): 1997, 1996
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