Recall · 20V130000
PACCAR Incorporated recalled 4 models over electrical system
35,671
Vehicles covered
4
Models
24
Model years
March 4, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
- The defect
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2015-2020 Peterbilt 365, 389, 567, and 579 vehicles equipped with a left-hand under hood jumper terminal (option code 2539410). The positive battery jumper terminal cable may be too long, allowing it to chafe against the left front suspension spring and result in an electrical short circuit.
- What it can cause
- An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the battery jumper terminal cables, and replace them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 30, 2020. Owners may contact PACCAR customer service at 1-940-591-4220. PACCAR's number for this recall is 20PBA.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Peterbilt365 | 2015 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Peterbilt389 | 2015 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Peterbilt567 | 2015 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Peterbilt579 | 2015 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 35,671 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 87% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2015 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Peterbilt vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 15 times before this, most recently in April 2019 as 19V282000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 24 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA, 9 of them before this campaign was filed. 5 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in November 2014, 5 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 5 other recalls published here, the newest being: 22V277000 (steering), 21V906000 (service brakes, air), 21V391000 (fuel system, diesel), 20V506000 (power train).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by PACCAR Incorporated with NHTSA on March 4, 2020 as campaign 20V130000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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