Vanessa Hudgens

Who thinks the International 4300 or Durastar are junk?

The company I work for lease their trucks from Ryder Truck Rental and Leasing and I drive a 2007 International 4300 with the DT466 engine and a Allison Automatic Transmission. I was happy to get the truck new in 06 before I was in a 1999 Freightliner Fl70 with a 8LL Eaton Fuller Transmission. Anyway since I had the truck, I had nothing but problems. At 4,000 miles the check engine light went on. Had to take the truck to get it looked at by Ryder and they could not find nothing wrong with it. So they reset the code and it was fine. About 2,000 miles later it went on again this time it was beeping. So I thought it was nothing, just deal with it. The next day, truck wouldn’t start. So it got towed to the shop were it has been sitting for a month. They then send the truck to International and then come to find out the starter went bad and the batteries were bad too. They told me the batteries had corosion on them. I’m thinking the truck has less than 5,000 miles and the batteries and starter are no good. So I got it back, A week later the A/C stopped working and along came on the light. So they had replaced it and everything was good. At 14,000 miles the water pump went on it leaving me on the side of the road on the hottest day of the year. I got it back a week later. The next day the engine is over heating. They didn’t put the special coolant inside the water pump and there was no coolent inside the tank. There was in the morning were I did an inspection. So it got towed. Another new water pump and radiator. I thought my problems were finally gone. The truck now had 65,000 miles. The transmission driveshaft fell off the truck while I was driving. There goes another day on the side of the road, It got fixed and now I’m rolling again. At 75,000 the fuel tanks are rotting out because of the bad paint International used for painting the fuel tanks and the frame. The drivers side tank started leaking and went to the shop to have it fixed. They put a new tank on and hooked all the lines and pump back up, the next day the passanger side tank was leaking so I was gonna have it fixed. I was on my way to the shop and the truck is loosing power. I was down the street from the shop. The fuel pump went. So the tanks got fixed and new fuel pump and I made them put a new line on the truck. The A/C was replaced again while I was there. So now 120,000 comes and it’s loosing power. Took it to the shop. All the fuel injectors were bad. All of them! So that got fixed. At the same time the interior gadge lights were blown. At night I can’t read the fuel or the engine tempature. The CD player doesn’t work, and the passanger window doesn’t go down. It has power windows. At 130,000 miles all the warning lights went on at the same time along with the alarm. So I pulled over and had the truck towed. All the sensors and the computer system failed and was going balistic. I swear that truck went through 7 A/C systems. They all suck. At 160,000 4 years later the trucks lease was up and away it went. I was relieved all my problems are over, NOT. The company now leased a 2011 International Durastar with the Maxxforce 7 engine in it. I liked the redone interior in it. I thought it was nice. At 10,000 miles the A/C went on it. The service brake release valve was no good, this truck had an air ride suspention so one of the air bags had a rip in it. It got fixed. At 25,000 miles the truck is loosing air. I would have 120 pounds of air stored and another second the air would be at 50 pounds so the alarm went on. It got fixed. I talked to the owner told him the truck is junk. So we went to the leasing company and demanded a new truck. The company can’t afford to have anymore repair bills. So at 30,000 miles the truck is gone! I got a 2012 freightliner M2106 with the cummins engine in it and it has the Eaton Fuller Smart Shift Transmission in it. The truck now has 85,000 miles and have not have any problems with it other than proper matenence. If your company leases trucks convince them to go with freightliner. The trucks are way better than the International durastar or any International. If you drive a freightliner, you know what I’m talking about. International sucks. All the problems I had with the truck are paid off because I have this powerful Cummins engine. Only if International can build good quality trucks. That will never happen. Test your junk you call engines and plastic cabs before you put it on the market. My question to you. Do you think International sucks and please share your story. Thank-You very much.