NHTSA campaign 08E034000 · Equipment recall · Manufacturer campaign 08KW7
PACCAR INCORPORATED Recall 08E-034: Trailer Hitches — Fifth Wheel Assembly
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 08E034000 (Manufacturer campaign 08KW7) is an equipment recall reported by PACCAR INCORPORATED on April 24, 2008, with 292 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Kenworth T600, Kenworth T800 and Kenworth W900 for the 2007 model year.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
This is an equipment recall filed by PACCAR INCORPORATED: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.
- NHTSA campaign
- 08E034000 (also written 08E-034 or 08E034)
- Filed by
- PACCAR INCORPORATED
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 08KW7
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 292 units (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Trailer Hitches — Fifth Wheel Assembly
- Recall type
- Equipment recall
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 08E034000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Kenworth
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As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 08E034000.
Defect description
PACCAR IS RECALLING 292 AFTERMARKET SAF HOLLAND FIFTH WHEELS SOLD FOR USE ON MY 2007 KENWORTH T800 SHORT HOOD, W900 LONG HOOD AND T600 TRACTOR/TRAILERS. IF THE PIVOT BOLT JOINT FOR THE LEVER BAR IS OVER TORQUED, THE SPACER DEFORMS, AND MAKES CONTACT WITH THE LEVER BAR. THIS CONDITION COUPLED WITH CORROSION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEASONAL DRY OUT, CAN AFFECT THE LOCK SYSTEM OF THE FIFTH WHEEL, PREVENTING THE FIFTH WHEEL JAW FROM LATCHING SECURELY AROUND THE TRAILER KING PIN.
Safety consequence
THE FIFTH WHEEL MAY FAIL TO LATCH WITHOUT THE OPERATOR'S KNOWLEDGE, CAUSING THE TRACTOR AND TRAILER TO DISENGAGE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
PACCAR IS WORKING WITH SAF-HOLLAND AND WILL INSPECT THE PIVOT BOLT JOINT FOR A DEFORMED SPACER AND REPLACE THE BOLT, WASHER AND SPACER WITH A HEX-HEAD SHOULDER BOLT AND WASHER FREE OF CHARGE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT YET PROVIDED AN OWNER NOTIFICATION SCHECDULE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PACCAR AT 1-415-828-5000 OR SAF-HOLLAND AT 1-231-773-3271.
Notes
PACCAR RECALL NO. 08KW7.CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 08E034000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.