Recall · 23V007000
PACCAR Incorporated recalled 2 models over electronic stability control (esc)
46
Vehicles covered
2
Models
3
Model years
January 16, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- The defect
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Peterbilt 579 and 2023 Kenworth T680 vehicles. Incorrect software in the battery electric heavy duty electronic stability control program may underestimate the mass of the vehicle. As such, these vehicles may 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
- An incorrect estimate of the vehicle mass can reduce the performance of the stability control system and increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the software, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 17, 2023. Owners may contact PACCAR's customer service at 1-425-828-5888 (Kenworth) and 1-940-591-4220 (Peterbilt). PACCAR's numbers for this recall are 23PBA and 23KWA.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KenworthT680 | 2023 | 2023 |
| Peterbilt579 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 46 vehicles this is a small campaign: 79% 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 model years 2022 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Peterbilt vehicles have been recalled over the electronic stability control (esc) 6 times before this, most recently in September 2021 as 21V719000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA, 2 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in March 2021, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 17 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 January 16, 2023 as campaign 23V007000. 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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