Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (International Harvester)
Vehicle recall 73V-208. NHTSA received NAVISTAR INTL CORP.’s report on Oct 29, 1973.
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The short answer
NHTSA received NAVISTAR INTL CORP.’s report on Oct 29, 1973. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CAMPAIGN NO 73521.LIGHT LINE TRUCK.POSSIBILITY HOSEUSED TO SUPPLY VACUUM TO THE POWER BRAKE UNIT WAS OF INCORRECT MATERIAL.IFTHIS CONDITION EXISTS, HOSE MAY COLLAPSE CREATING HIGH BRAKE PEDAL EFFORT.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACEING WHERE NECESSARY).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,000 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- International Harvester 500and 1974, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by NAVISTAR INTL CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.