Recall · 25V181000
PACCAR Incorporated recalled 3 models over electrical system
238
Vehicles covered
3
Models
13
Model years
March 24, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM
- The defect
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2022-2025 Peterbilt 520, 579, and 2021-2025 Kenworth T680 trucks. The high voltage (HV) contactors may open, causing a sudden loss of high voltage and a loss of drive power.
- What it can cause
- A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the software and replace the electrical harness, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 13, 2025. Owners may contact Peterbilt's customer service at 1-940-591-4220 and Kenworth's customer service at 1-425-828-5888. PACCAR's numbers for this recall are 25PBC and 25KWC.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to 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 | 2021 to 2025 | 2023 |
| Peterbilt520 | 2022 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Peterbilt579 | 2022 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 238 vehicles this is a small campaign: 59% 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 2021 to 2025, 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 electrical system 21 times before this, most recently in October 2022 as 22V779000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 13 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA, 8 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in March 2021, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 30 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V022000 (steering), 25V569000 (electrical system), 25V436000 (exterior lighting), 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 March 24, 2025 as campaign 25V181000. 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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