Paccar Incorporated: Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve)
Paccar Incorporated reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 1, 2010 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 384. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
PACCAR IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR KENWORTH AND PETERBILT VEHICLES. A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE SEAL SUPPLIED BY A COMPONENT MANUFACTURER INSTALLED ON THE OUTPUT SHAFT OF THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) VALVE ACTUATOR MAY CAUSE EVENTUAL DELAMINATION OF THE SEAL. DELAMINATION OF THE SEAL MAY ALLOW ENGINE OIL TO LEAK FROM THE EGR VALVE ONTO EXHAUST COMPONENTS.
The risk
THE LEAKING OF ENGINE OIL ONTO HOT EXHAUST COMPONENTS, SUCH AS WHEN THE ENGINE IS UNDER SIGNIFICANT LOAD, MAY CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EGR VALVE ASSEMBLY ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE PACCAR MX ENGINE. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 29, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KENWORTH AT 425-828-5440 AND PETERBILT AT 940-591-4196.
10 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Kenworth T660 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Kenworth T700 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Kenworth T800 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Kenworth W900 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Peterbilt 365 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Peterbilt 367 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Peterbilt 384 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Peterbilt 386 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 Peterbilt 387 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Peterbilt 388 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 10V453000.
Full record for the 2011 Kenworth T660 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →