FaultScore

International Harvester 3800 problems

Owners have filed 43 complaints about the International Harvester 3800 with NHTSA across model years 1987 to 2000. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every International Harvester 3800 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

87 91 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00
Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2000 9 0 0 Brakes
1999 10 0 0 Brakes
1998 4 0 1 Electrical System
1997 3 0 0 Body & Structure
1996 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1995 8 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1994 3 1 0 Engine & Cooling
1993 1 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1991 1 0 0 Body & Structure
1987 1 0 0 Brakes

What breaks on a International Harvester 3800

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 14 32.6%

Worst in 1999

Engine & Cooling 10 23.3%

Worst in 1995

Electrical System 7 16.3%

Worst in 1998

Body & Structure 7 16.3%

Worst in 1997

Steering 3 7.0%

Worst in 2000

Transmission & Drivetrain 1 2.3%

Worst in 1994

Lights 1 2.3%

Worst in 1994

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every International Harvester 3800, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 1996 peak 8 Oct 2015

Compare the International Harvester 3800

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.