International Hv, International Hx, International Lt, International Mv, International Rh, model year 2027. Filed by International Motors, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 6 August 2026. 49 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says International Motors, LLC (International) is recalling certain 2027 HV, HX, LT, MV, and RH trucks. A retaining nut in the wiper assembly may loosen, causing both windshield wipers to disconnect from the motor.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
International's own number for this recall: 26513. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 26V516 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V516 cover?
- International HV, International HX, International LT, International MV, International RH, model year 2027.
- What is wrong with them?
- International Motors, LLC (International) is recalling certain 2027 HV, HX, LT, MV, and RH trucks. A retaining nut in the wiper assembly may loosen, causing both windshield wipers to disconnect from the motor.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Inoperative windshield wipers can reduce the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will tighten the wiper motor drive nut and three motor mounting bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 5, 2026. Owners may contact International customer service at 1-331-332-5000. International's number for this recall is 26513.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. International calls this recall 26513, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Inoperative windshield wipers can reduce the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V516 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | International Motors, LLC |
| System at fault | Visibility:Windshield Wiper/Washer |
| Reported to NHTSA | 6 August 2026 |
| Model years | 2027-2027 |
| Vehicles named | INTERNATIONAL HV, INTERNATIONAL HX, INTERNATIONAL LT, INTERNATIONAL MV, INTERNATIONAL RH |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Inoperative windshield wipers can reduce the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will tighten the wiper motor drive nut and three motor mounting bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 5, 2026. Owners may contact International customer service at 1-331-332-5000. International's number for this recall is 26513.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . 1 change recorded in the wording since we started reading it daily, the latest on 23 September 2026.
Changed since our daily reading began
23 September 2026: the remedy was rewritten. Before: Dealers will tighten the wiper motor drive nut and three motor mounting bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 5, 2026. Owners may contact International customer service at 1-331-332-5000. International's number for this recall is 26513.
After: Dealers will tighten the wiper motor drive nut and three motor mounting bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 21, 2026. Owners may contact International customer service at 1-331-332-5000. International's number for this recall is 26513.
Side by side
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- International HV recalls: 39 US campaigns
- International HX recalls: 27 US campaigns
- International LT recalls: 42 US campaigns
- International MV recalls: 41 US campaigns
- International RH recalls: 27 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 26V516, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v516/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other International notices we hold
- 26V461: 2025-2027 IC Bus CECB transit buses
- 26V460: 2025-2027 IC Bus EVSB and CESB school buses
- 26V459: 2021, 2023-2027 MV, and 2026-2027 HV
- 26V382: 2026-2027 HV
- 26V364: 2027 IC Bus CESB school buses
- 26V348: 2026-2027 IC Bus EVSB school buses
- 26V294: 2026-2027 HV
- 26V226: 2022-2027 IC Bus EVSB school buses
All 42 International campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 26V516 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
009a0d19 - Consequence
26f693f7 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
The wording we hold for 26V516 · how the whole register is watched
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