Recall · 20V593000
PACCAR Incorporated recalled the KENWORTH T680 over service brakes, air
1,416
Vehicles covered
1
Model
6
Model years
September 28, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
- The defect
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2016-2021 Kenworth T680 trucks equipped with a 2.1m Cab and WABCO 6S/6M ABS brake system with drum brakes. The brake systems were manufactured with a standard rear-brake ABS modulator valve instead of a quick release valve, which may exceed the intended service-brake release timing. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 121, "Air Brake Systems."
- What it can cause
- Longer than expected service-brake release timing may lengthen vehicle stopping distance, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will replace the standard rear-brake, ABS modulator valve with a quick release valve, free of charge. The recall began November 30, 2020. Owners may contact PACCAR customer service at 1-425-828-5888. PACCAR's number for this recall is 20KWD.
- 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 1,416 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 62% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2016 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Kenworth vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, air 23 times before this, most recently in August 2019 as 19V606000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 5 of the 6 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 42 complaints with NHTSA, 19 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in July 2016, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V181000 (electrical system), 24V915000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 24V190000 (power train), 24V145000 (service brakes, air).
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 September 28, 2020 as campaign 20V593000. 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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