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1998 Navistar 4000 problems

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Owner complaints
0
Recalls
1
Service bulletins
1

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Recalls 1

Parking brakeReported September 21, 1999 · 2,497 vehicles affected
What is wrong
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equiped with bosch 9" x 3" parking brake, spring actuated, for hydraulic less air source and actuated by parking brake knob in instrument panel. The parking brake hose chafes at various points through the routing of the hoses to and from the hand control valve.
Risk
The parking brake will automatically apply if pressure is lost due to a ruptured park brake hose increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Remedy
Dealers will install a hose routing kit to prevent chafing and replace all chafed hoses.

Recall number 99V261000 · Recall details

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Technical service bulletins for the 1998 Navistar 4000 1

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Is the 1998 Navistar 4000 reliable?

Owners have filed 0 complaints about the 1998 Navistar 4000.

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1 recall, covering parking brake.

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