PACCAR Incorporated: Electrical System
PACCAR Incorporated reported this defect to federal regulators on Nov 10, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,380. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain model year 2015 Kenworth T660, T800, W900, T400, and C500 heavy trucks manufactured September 19, 2014, to October 30, 2014. The affected vehicles may have been produced with an undersized wire gauge for the trailer stop lamp circuit in the instrument panel harness.
The risk
If the smaller wire gauge may overheat increasing the risk of a vehicle fire.
The remedy
PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective wire with a properly sized wire, free of charge. The recall began on December 19, 2014. Owners may contact PACCAR customer service at 1-425-828-5000 (Kenworth).
5 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Kenworth C500 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Kenworth T400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Kenworth T660 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Kenworth T800 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Kenworth W900 | 0 | 9 | 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 14V722000.
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