Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 12V508000

Equipment

Navistar, Inc. filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2012-10-18.

Recall campaignNHTSA 12V508000

Equipment

Component
Equipment
Manufacturer
Navistar, Inc.
Vehicles affected
279
Reported to NHTSA
2012-10-18
Owners notified
2012-12-18

Defect description

Navistar is recalling certain model year 2013 International ProStar commercial trucks, manufactured from May 14, 2012, through August 14, 2012, and equipped with tow hook feature code 01570. The tow hooks may not have been heat treated to specification resulting in reduced strength.

Safety risk

Improperly heat treated tow hooks may unexpectedly break during vehicle recovery, resulting in the towed vehicle separating from the towing vehicle while in traffic, increasing the risk of a crash without warning with accompanying vehicle damage, injuries or deaths.

Manufacturer remedy

Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the suspect tow hooks, free of change. The safety recall ibegan on December 18, 2012. Owners may contact Navistar at 1-800-448-7825.

Notes

Navistar's recall campaign number is 12527.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Scope of coverage

1 model year.

ModelYears on record
INTERNATIONAL Prostar2013

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.