| NHTSA Record Id: 8780 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: PETERBILT |
| Recalled Component Id: 000010558000089361000000180 |
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| Model Name: 330 |
Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V131001 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 500-D |
| Component Name: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jun, 01 1999 |
End date of Manufacturing: Apr, 20 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 490 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 02 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : PACCAR Incorporated |
Report Received Date: May, 05 2000 |
| Record Creation date : May, 10 2000 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with eaton autoshift gen ii transmission assemblies. due to a software problem in the transmission assemblies, the transmission will select the wrong gear. |
Consequence Summary: If an inappropriate gear is selected without the driver's knowledge, the vehicle will react differently than expected, possibly resulting in injury or crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the autoshift transmissions. eaton performed the campaign for the kenworth portion. however peterbilt will be conducting their own campaign. |
Recall Notes: 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 paccar 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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