June 20, 2024 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 24V462000
Loss of Steering Control from Tie Rod Failure
Tie rod failure can cause a loss of vehicle steering control and increase the risk of a crash.
NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V462
Manufacturer Navistar
, Inc.
Components STEERING
Potential Number of Units Affected 116
Summary
Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) is recalling certain 2025 International HV, LT, MV, and RH trucks. Tie rod assemblies may contain ball studs that may have been incorrectly heat-treated, which can cause them to break, and possibly result in tie rod failure.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the tie rod ends and realign the front axle, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 12, 2024. Owners may contact Navistar customer service at 1-800-448-7825. Navistar’s number for this recall is 24509.
Notes
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.
Chronology :
- 06/03/2024 – Dana communicates to Navistar findings that certain Dana steer axle assemblies built with USK International’s tie rod ball studs were manufactured with less than the required hardness.
- 6/05/2024 thru 6/12/2024: Navistar initiates ship hold on of all steer axles and vehicles at the assembly plants, finding 414 suspect date code tie rod assemblies out of 1,998 possible vehicles, and established the clean point at Escobedo, San Antonio and Tulsa assembly plants.
- 6/07/2024: USK communicates to Navistar that drag links provided to Navistar were not affected by this defect.
- 06/11/2024 – Navistar receives Dana’s defect report for 24E-048. Dana also communicates to Navistar that suspect tie rod assemblies containing the suspect ball studs were shipped to Navistar’s aftermarket part distribution centers.
- 6/12/2024: Navistar’s aftermarket part distribution centers place suspect tie rod assembly part numbers on quarantine.
- 06/12/2024 – Navistar finalizes the suspect population.
- 06/13/2024 – Navistar declares a Safety Recall.
24E048 – Loss of Steering Control from Tie Rod Failure – Dana D-Series & E-Series Steer Axles
4 Affected Products
Vehicles
| MAKE | MODEL | YEAR |
| INTERNATIONAL | HV | 2025 |
| INTERNATIONAL | LT | 2025 |
| INTERNATIONAL | MV | 2025 |
| INTERNATIONAL | RH | 2025 |
2 Associated Documents
Recall Acknowledgement
RCAK-24V462-2590.pdf 702.352KB
Recall 573 Report
RCLRPT-24V462-5891.PDF 216.2KB
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