Recall · 24V145000
PACCAR Incorporated recalled 10 models over service brakes, air
936
Vehicles covered
10
Models
96
Model years
February 23, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:RESERVOIR/TANK
- The defect
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2009-2021 Kenworth C500, 2012-2021 Kenworth T440, 2009-2015 Kenworth T660, 2015-2024 Kenworth T680, 2009-2024 Kenworth T800, 2009-2020 Kenworth T370, 2014-2023 Kenworth T880, 2011-2016 Kenworth T470, 2023 Kenworth T480, and 2009-2019 Kenworth W900 vehicles. The air tanks have an insufficient volume of air for the brake system. 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
- Insufficient air volume can reduce braking performance and increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will install the correct volume air tanks, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 12, 2024. Additional owner notification letters were mailed October 27, 2025. Owners may contact PACCAR customer service at 1-425-828-5888. PACCAR's number for this recall is 24KWD.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KenworthC500 | 2009 to 2021 | Not published here |
| KenworthT370 | 2009 to 2020 | Not published here |
| KenworthT440 | 2012 to 2021 | Not published here |
| KenworthT470 | 2011 to 2016 | Not published here |
| KenworthT480 | 2023 | Not published here |
| KenworthT660 | 2009 to 2015 | Not published here |
| KenworthT680 | 2015 to 2024 | 201520172018201920202023 |
| KenworthT800 | 2009 to 2024 | Not published here |
| KenworthT880 | 2014 to 2023 | Not published here |
| KenworthW900 | 2009 to 2019 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 936 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 58% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2009 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 15 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Kenworth vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, air 27 times before this, most recently in September 2023 as 23V661000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 7 of the 96 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 59 complaints with NHTSA, 44 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the service brakes, air, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in July 2016, 7 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 32 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V569000 (electrical system), 25V436000 (exterior lighting), 25V181000 (electrical system), 25V014000 (vehicle speed control).
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 23, 2024 as campaign 24V145000. 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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