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PACCAR Incorporated — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

NHTSA · 15V456000 · published 2015-07-22

NHTSA campaign 15V456000

Hazard

PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain model year 2012-2016 Peterbilt 365, 367, 384, 386, 388, 389, 567, 579, and 587 trucks manufactured January 13, 2011, to April 20, 2015. The affected trucks, equipped with extended-body Leece Neville alternators, have alternator charge cables that may chafe against a formed metal freon discharge line.

Consequence

If the alternator cable rubs through its insulation, an electrical short may occur, increasing the risk of a fire.

Remedy

Peterbilt will notify owners, and dealers will reroute the alternator charge cable away from the metal freon line and install a plastic insulator on the cable end, free of charge. The recall began on September 23, 2015. Owners may contact Peterbilt customer service at 1-940-591-4000. Peterbilt's number for this recall is 715-K.

The text above is quoted verbatim from the NHTSA record. Confirm the affected units and the remedy with the manufacturer or NHTSA. Recall data may be incomplete, delayed, or superseded.

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Affected products

2012 PETERBILT 386
2012 PETERBILT 389
2012 PETERBILT 587
2013 PETERBILT 386
2013 PETERBILT 587
2013 PETERBILT 579
2014 PETERBILT 579
2014 PETERBILT 388
2014 PETERBILT 389
2015 PETERBILT 389
2015 PETERBILT 579
2015 PETERBILT 388
2016 PETERBILT 579