NHTSA campaign 09V348000 · Manufacturer campaign 09KW9 & 909-D

Kenworth and Peterbilt Recall 09V-348: ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE/CUMMINS

NHTSA recall 09V348000 (Manufacturer campaign 09KW9 & 909-D) was reported by PACCAR INCORPORATED on September 3, 2009, with 135 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Kenworth T270, Kenworth T300, Kenworth T370 and more for model years 2008–2010. Owners were notified on October 1, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
09V348000 (also written 09V-348 or 09V348)
Filed by
PACCAR INCORPORATED
Manufacturer campaign number
09KW9 & 909-D
Report received
Potentially affected
135 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Engine and Engine Cooling — Engine — Diesel
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V348000. 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

  • Kenworth T270

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built March 20, 2007 – July 7, 2009 (per NHTSA)
  • Kenworth T300

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built March 20, 2007 – July 7, 2009 (per NHTSA)
  • Kenworth T370

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built March 20, 2007 – July 7, 2009 (per NHTSA)
  • Kenworth T800

    • 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built March 20, 2007 – July 7, 2009 (per NHTSA)
All Kenworth recalls

Peterbilt

  • Peterbilt 335

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built March 20, 2007 – July 7, 2009 (per NHTSA)
  • Peterbilt 340

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built March 20, 2007 – July 7, 2009 (per NHTSA)
  • Peterbilt 367

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built March 20, 2007 – July 7, 2009 (per NHTSA)
All Peterbilt recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V348000.

Defect description

PACCAR IS RECALLING MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 KENWORTH T300, T270, AND T370, MODEL YEAR 2009-2010 T800 AND PETERBILT MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 335, 340, AND 367 VEHICLES BUILT ON CUMMINS' DIESEL ENGINE. THE VEHICLES MAY BE DESIGNED WITH A HARD WIRED, DASH-MOUNTED SWITCH THAT ENABLES THE VEHICLE OPERATOR TO INHIBIT AFTERTREATMENT DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATION IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE OPERATOR BELIEVES IT MAY BE UNSAFE FOR ELEVATED EXHAUST TEMPERATURES. DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH THE LOGIC IN THE ECM SOFTWARE IN THESE ENGINES, THE SWITCH MAY NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY, LEADING THE OPERATOR TO BELIEVE THAT THE SWITCH IS IN "INHIBIT" MODE WHEN IT IS NOT.

Safety consequence

THIS CONDITION WILL PERMIT HOT EXHAUST GASES TO EXIT THE VEHICLE TAILPIPE, INCREASING THE RISK OF MELTING OR BURNING OF NEARBY SURFACES, OR A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

PACCAR IS WORKING WITH CUMMINS TO REPAIR THE ENGINES FREE OF CHARGE PLEASE SEE 09E-046. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 1, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CUMMINS AT 1-800-DIESELS (1-800-343-7357).

Notes

KENWORTH RECALL NO. 09KW9 & PETERBILT RECALL NO. 909-D.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V348000

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.