Recall · 21V719000
PACCAR Incorporated recalled 2 models over electronic stability control (esc)
19
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
September 16, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
- The defect
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2022 Peterbilt 567 and 579 vehicles. The Electronic Stability Control (ESC) malfunction indicator lamp may not illuminate. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 136, "Electronic Stability Control Systems on Heavy Vehicles."
- What it can cause
- The driver may be unaware of an ESC system malfunction, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will reprogram the ESC system, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on October 28, 2021. Owners may contact PACCAR's customer service at 1-940-591-4220 (Peterbilt). PACCAR's number for this recall is 21PBL.
- 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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peterbilt567 | 2022 | Not published here |
| Peterbilt579 | 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 19 vehicles this is a small campaign: 87% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2022, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Peterbilt vehicles have been recalled over the electronic stability control (esc) 5 times before this, most recently in November 2020 as 20V739000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, 1 of them before this campaign was filed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 13 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V181000 (electrical system), 24V915000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 24V190000 (power train), 23V653000 (fuel system, diesel).
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 16, 2021 as campaign 21V719000. 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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