INTERNATIONAL Complaints

IGNITION SECURITY SYSTEM FAILED, MELTING WIRE; RELAY TERMINAL BLOCK; RELAY AND 100AMP FUSE.*AK

2007 INTERNATIONAL 9400 EXHAUST STACK CAME OFF AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. *KB (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*JB

PREMATURE AND EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR ON ROTORS AND PADS ON A 2005 4200 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK. IT HAD CRITICAL INNER BRAKE PAD AND ROTOR WEAR ON THE FRONT AND REAR. FRONT LEFT ROTOR AND PAD WEAR WAS DUE TO FAILURE OF CALIPER, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SNAP INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN UNDER BRAKING. RIGHT FRONT WEAR TO BOTH ROTOR AND PAD DUE TO SLIDE PINS ON CALIPER NOT RETURNING PADS TO NORMAL POSITION. TRUCK HAD COMPLETE REAR ROTORS AND PAD DESTROYED DUE TO NONE SLIDING SLIDE PINS. PASSENGER REAR ROTOR INNER BRAKING SURFACE WAS GROUND DOWN TO 1/8 INCH WHILE THE OUTER SURFACE APPEARED TO BE WITHIN NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. TRUCK ONLY HAS 36,693 MILES. *AK

OUR AGENCY PURCHASED FOUR 2005, 7400 INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS TO BE USED AS FIRE APPARATUS. SINCE THE FIRST TRUCK WENT INTO SERVICE IN APRIL OF 2005 WE HAVE HAD A SERIES OF AIR COMPRESSOR FAILURES. THE HEAD GASKETS LEAK COOLANT INTO THE VEHICLE'S AIR SYSTEM. THIS REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE AIR COMPRESSOR ALONG WITH THE AIR DRYER CARTRIDGE. THE FIRST VEHICLE IS GOING ON IT'S FIFTH UNIT. ANOTHER LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE MOTOR OIL AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED. THE OTHER TWO VEHICLES HAVE HAD THE AIR COMPRESSOR HEAD GASKETS REPLACED TO TRY AND PREVENT A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE. THE AIR COMPRESSORS ARE MANUFACTURED BY BENDIX. *NM

TL*- THE CONTACT CALLED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRAVEL CENTER OF AMERICA(TA) LOCATED IN NASHVILLE, TN. AT EXIT 48 OFF I-24 ACROSS THE TITANS FOOTBALL . THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE TA VIOLATED THE 10 HOUR RULE. THE CONTACT STATES HE ARRIVED AT 11:00AM AT THE TA AND AFTER 4-6 HOURS OF SLEEP THEY TOLD HIM TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE SPACE FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME ,AS WELL AS, TRYING TO CHARGE HIM FOR HIS STAY AT THE TA. THE CONTACT STATES THAT HE SPOKE TO THE MANAGER OF THE TA AND THE MANAGER STATED THAT IT WAS THE CITY OF NASHVILLE THAT WAS HAVING ALL THE TRUCKS REMOVED FROM THE TA STOP. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THEY SPOKE WITH A NASHVILLE POLICE OFFICER AND THAT THE POLICE STATED IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY OF NASHVILLE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN RECALL LETTER # 06V378000 FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS RECEIVED; AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED WITH A SERVICE DEALER. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE HAD STILL NOT BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO UNAVAILABLE PARTS. IT HAS BEEN A MONTH SINCE THE PARTS WERE REQUESTED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE DELAY. THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED CONTACTING OTHER SERVICE DEALERS, BUT THEY WERE OVER AN HOUR AWAY. UPDATED 1/29/2007 - *NM

THE REAR TIRES ON THE TRAILER CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE DRIVER PULLED ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SEPARATED THE TRUCK FROM THE TRAILER BEFORE THE TRAILER BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. *NM

ABS MALFUNCTION, ATTRIBUTED TO RUSTED TRIGGER WHEEL ON EACH BRAKE ROTOR. POWER ASSIST FAILED ON BRAKE SYSTEM, RESULTING NO POWER ASSIST. NO BRAKE POWER. *NM

PLEASE ADVISE WHERE I MIGHT FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT INTERNATIONAL DUMP TRUCKS. THE DUMP BED BROKE AWAY FROM THE FRAME OF MY FATHER'S TRUCK. WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. MODEL # INTERNATIONAL TRUCK 4300 SBA 4X2 THANK YOU FOR ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE. *NM

SINCE WE HAD A REAR-ENGINE BUS CATCH FIRE LAST OCTOBER (DETAILS OF THAT VEHICLE INCLUDED WITH THIS COMPLAINT), I HAVE BECOME VERY SENSITIVE TO STORIES REGARDING SIMILAR INCIDENTS. SINCE WE HAD THE FIRE, I HAVE SEEN 3 OR 4 ARTICLES LIKE THE RECENT ONE PASTED IN BELOW ON RE SCHOOL BUSES THROUGHOUT THE NATION CATCHING FIRE AND BURNING. THE STORIES ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON--THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT (LIKE OURS DID). I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF SOME SORT OF SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH RE SCHOOL BUSES. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OR IF THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO? THE NTSB DID INVESTIGATE OUR FIRE AND COMPLETED A FACTUAL REPORT FOR US BUT IT DID NOT SPECIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE INVESTIGATORS TOLD ME THAT THEY DO NOT NORMALLY LOOK FOR A CAUSE UNLESS THERE ARE CASUALTIES. PLEASE NOTE: MY COMPLAINT IS NOT ABOUT OUR SPECIFIC INCIDENT; IT IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL RECENT STORIES ABOUT RE SCHOOL BUSES THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. 10/7/2006 - SPECIAL TO THE POST-JOURNAL CASSADAGA OLEAN HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS SPENT FRIDAY CHEERING THEIR BUS DRIVER AND THE CASSADAGA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS INSTEAD OF THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM AFTER THEIR BUS CAUGHT FIRE ON THE WAY TO DUNKIRK. THE BUS CAUGHT FIRE JUST SOUTH OF CASSADAGA ON ROUTE 60. ALLEN PARKER, CASSADAGA FIRE CHIEF, SAID THE BUS DRIVER GOT THE 13 CHEERLEADERS AND TWO PARENTS SAFELY OFF THE BUS BEFORE HE EXITED IT HIMSELF. EVERYONE GOT OFF THE BUS WITHOUT ANY INJURIES, PARKER SAID. HE SAID THE FIRE BEGAN IN THE REAR ENGINE OF THE BUS AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, LEAVING CHARRED REMNANTS OF THE BUS ONCE FIREFIGHTERS PUT THE FIRE OUT. I WOULD SAY IT WAS PROBABLY TOTALED, HE SAID. THE BUS PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE CASSADAGA FIRE HALL AND WERE TREATED TO PIZZA AND DRINKS WHILE THEY WAITED FOR ANOTHER BUS TO TAKE THEM BACK TO OLEAN. THEY MISSED THE FOOTBALL GAME, PARKER SAID. *JB