Recall Detail

PETERBILT / 357 / 1998

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 11248 Vehicale/Equipment Name: PETERBILT
Recalled Component Id: 000009311000082944000000214 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: 357 Model Year: 1998
NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V181001 Mfr Campaign Number: 99KW3/799-C
Component Name: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE Manufacturer That Filed Report: PACCAR, INCORPORATED
Start date of Manufacturing: Dec, 01 1998 End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 24 1999
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 272
Date Owner Notified By MFR : -- Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : PACCAR Incorporated Report Received Date: Jul, 09 1999
Record Creation date : Jul, 14 1999 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with caterpillar engines and eaton autoshift transmissions. the engines can stall because of software problems. Consequence Summary: Increased steering effort can occur.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will update these engines with software changes. caterpillar is conducting the owner notification and remedy of this recall. Recall Notes: owner notification is expected to begin during august 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact kenworth at 1-206-828-5418 or peterbilt at 1-940-591-4000.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
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