Navistar
Navistar has 22 model lines on NHTSA's register (model years 1989–2000), with 27 recall campaigns and 15 consumer complaints.
Campaigns were most numerous in 1999 (11). The component complaints name most often is steering (300 per 1,000 component mentions). The 3800 line has the most complaints, 8 over 11 model years.
A further 2 equipment, tire or child-seat campaigns name Navistar and are listed on monthly pages. Comparisons here are between Navistar model lines; complaint counts across makes depend on fleet size and reporting rates and are not compared.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model lines
Ordered by total complaints. "Per model year" divides complaints by the number of model years on the register, a comparison within Navistar only.
| Model line | Model years | Campaigns | Complaints | Per model year | Most-reported component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3800 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | Seats |
| 4700 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | Steering |
| 9200I | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | Steering |
| 9200 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0.3 | Unknown or Other |
| 3400 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0.1 | Steering |
| 9800 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | Steering |
| 4900 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9400 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9300 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1652 SC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 4800 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9100 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 5000 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 3600 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1652 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 8100 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2600 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9100I | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9400I | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9900 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9900I | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Campaigns by year
Complaints by year
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Navistar complaints.
Questions and answers
How many recalls has Navistar had?
27 NHTSA recall campaigns name Navistar vehicles (model years 1989–2000). Units potentially affected across those campaigns total about 135,312, a figure that includes other makes where a campaign is shared (Takata air bag inflators, for example). Campaigns naming several model lines count once.
Which Navistar model line has the most complaints?
3800: 8 complaints over 11 model years (0.7 per model year). Larger-selling lines draw more complaints; the per-model-year column controls for the number of years, not for sales.
What components are reported most for Navistar?
steering (300 per 1,000 mentions), seats (150 per 1,000 mentions), structure (100 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 (recalls) and 15 May 2019 (complaints).
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Make names are as NHTSA records them. Comparisons are within this make; see the methodology for why makes are not ranked against each other.