Exterior lighting: turn signal (International Harvester)
Vehicle recall 87V-119. NHTSA received NAVISTAR INTL CORP.’s report on Aug 3, 1987.
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The short answer
NHTSA received NAVISTAR INTL CORP.’s report on Aug 3, 1987. 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?
IMPROPERLY REFLECTED LIGHT COULD CONCEIVABLY RESULT INANOTHER VEHICLE OPERATOR FAILING TO SEE TURN SIGNAL, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANACCIDENT.
REFLECTOR PORTION OF FRONT TURN SIGNAL LENS ASSEMBLY DOES NOT MEET PHOTOMETRIC REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 108.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting: turn signal.
What should you do?
REPLACE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL LENS WITH COMPLIANT MATERIAL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: TURN SIGNAL LENS/FMVSS 108.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 263 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- International Harvester 8300and 1987, 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.