NHTSA Campaign Id 00V131005; Date: Jun. 6, 2000
If an inappropriate gear is selected without the driver's knowledge, the vehicle will react differently than expected, possibly resulting in injury or crash.
2000 International 9900I; 2000 International Harvester 2574; 2000 International Harvester 8100; 2000 International Harvester 9100I; 2000 International Harvester 9200I; 2000 International Harvester 9400I
Component: Power Train:automatic Transmission
Manufactured by: International Truck And Engine
Affected Units:: 223
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with eaton autoshift gen ii transmission assemblies. Due to a software problem in the transmission assemblies, the transmission will select the wrong gear.
Dealers will replace the autoshift transmissions.
Owner notificationbegan July 5, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact International at 1-800-448-7825 or eaton at 1-888-880-0970. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Jul 5, 2000
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