Recall 14V688000

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Report Date
20141031
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Affected Vehicles
13 models

Defect Description

Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) is recalling certain model year 2010-2015 International Lonestar vehicles manufactured October 12, 2009, to June 16, 2014, and 2009-2015 International ProStar vehicles manufactured December 16, 2008, to June 20, 2014. In the affected vehicles the electrical harness that supplies power to the HVAC system may not be of sufficient size for the electrical load of the circuit. This can result in an increase in resistance and heating at the connectors.

Safety Consequence

An increase in resistance and heating at the connectors could cause a vehicle fire.

Remedy

Navistar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the 60 amp relay and battery harness with a 150 amp relay and battery harness, free of charge. Navistar issued an interim notification to owners on December 29, 2014. The recall began on March 2, 2015. Owners may contact Navistar customer service at 1-331-332-1590. Navistar's number for this recall is 14516.

Affected Vehicles

Year Make Model
2009 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR
2010 INTERNATIONAL LONESTAR
2010 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR
2011 INTERNATIONAL LONESTAR
2011 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR
2012 INTERNATIONAL LONESTAR
2012 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR
2013 INTERNATIONAL LONESTAR
2013 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR
2014 INTERNATIONAL LONESTAR
2014 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR
2015 INTERNATIONAL LONESTAR
2015 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR

Check your vehicle: Visit NHTSA.gov and enter your VIN to see if your specific vehicle is affected.