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1998 Navistar 5000

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

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0Owner complaints

Model-year median: 0

1Recall campaigns

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1Investigations

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Inspection summary

1998 Navistar 5000

NHTSA snapshot: September 18, 2026. 0 owner complaints · 1 recall campaigns · 1 investigations.

Counts are not failure probabilities and are not adjusted for sales, age, mileage exposure or reporting. One report may name several categories. Comparison method and limitations.

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    How this year compares

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    What owners reported most

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    When problems were reported

    Mileage at the reported incident

    Limited mileage data: 0 of 0 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.

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    NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

    0 crash reports0 fire reports0 injury reports

    What owners actually said

    0 reports

    No matching complaints in this snapshot.

    Recall campaigns

    1

    99V014002 · Suspension:front:wheel Bearing

    Mar 15, 1999

    VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CLASS 8 HEAVY DUTY TRUCK CHASSIS EQUIPPED WITH 16,000 LB., 18,000 LB., OR 20,000 LB. HEAVY DUTY STEERING AXLES. THE INNER WHEEL BEARING CONE FOR THE STEERING AXLE WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY DOES NOT PROPERLY FIT ONTO THE NAVISTAR STEERING AXLE SPINDLE ASSEMBLY. IMPROPER FIT OF THE BEARING TO THE SPINDLE INCREASES THE STRESS LEVELS TO THE STEERING AXLE SPINDLE WHICH COULD CAUSE SPINDLE FAILURE.

    Consequence & remedy

    Consequence: IF THE SPINDLE FAILS, A LOSS OF DRIVER CONTROL COULD OCCUR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

    Remedy: DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE LEFT AND RIGHT HUB/DRUM ASSEMBLIES FROM THE STEERING AXLES AND REPLACE THE INNER WHEEL BEARING CONES AND CUPS.

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    Defect investigations

    1

    RQ99012 · Windsheild Wiper Linkages

    Opened Jun 8, 1999 · Closed Jan 25, 2002

    Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility

    No summary supplied.

    An investigation is not a finding of a defect, and closure does not prove a vehicle is problem-free.