Recall · 23V087000
PACCAR Incorporated recalled 6 models over service brakes, air
8,008
Vehicles covered
6
Models
24
Model years
February 15, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
- The defect
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Kenworth T280, T380, T480, Peterbilt 536, 537, and 548 vehicles. When the brake pedal is fully applied and then released rapidly, the pedal plunger that connects the brake pedal to the brake valve may become disconnected, causing the service brakes to fail.
- What it can cause
- Service brake failure can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will add a pedal restraint bracket, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 7, 2023. Owners may contact Kenworth's customer service at 1-425-828-588 and Peterbilt's customer service at 1-940-591-4220. PACCAR's numbers for this recall are 23KWB and 23PBB.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KenworthT280 | 2021 to 2024 | Not published here |
| KenworthT380 | 2021 to 2024 | Not published here |
| KenworthT480 | 2021 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Peterbilt536 | 2021 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Peterbilt537 | 2021 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Peterbilt548 | 2021 to 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 8,008 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 78% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Kenworth vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, air 25 times before this, most recently in November 2021 as 21V906000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 21 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V436000 (exterior lighting), 25V041000 (exterior lighting), 25V014000 (vehicle speed control), 24V915000 (service brakes, hydraulic).
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 February 15, 2023 as campaign 23V087000. 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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