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NHTSA campaign 16V426000 · Manufacturer campaign 616-C and 16KWB

Kenworth and Peterbilt Recall 16V-426: Defective Engine Control Module may Cause Stall

NHTSA recall 16V426000 (Manufacturer campaign 616-C and 16KWB) was reported by PACCAR Incorporated on June 10, 2016, with 3,227 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Kenworth C500, Kenworth T660, Kenworth T680 and more for the 2017 model year. Owners were notified on July 8, 2016, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 16V426000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
16V426000 (also written 16V-426 or 16V426)
Filed by
PACCAR Incorporated
Manufacturer campaign number
616-C and 16KWB
Report received
Potentially affected
3,227 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Electrical System — Ignition — Module
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 16V426000. 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 C500

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 9, 2016 – April 26, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Kenworth T660

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 9, 2016 – April 26, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Kenworth T680

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 9, 2016 – April 26, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Kenworth T800

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 9, 2016 – April 26, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Kenworth T880

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 9, 2016 – April 26, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Kenworth W900

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 9, 2016 – April 26, 2016 (per NHTSA)
All Kenworth recalls

Peterbilt

  • Peterbilt 320

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 10, 2016 – May 6, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Peterbilt 365

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 10, 2016 – May 6, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Peterbilt 367

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 10, 2016 – May 6, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Peterbilt 389

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 10, 2016 – May 6, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Peterbilt 567

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 10, 2016 – May 6, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Peterbilt 579

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 10, 2016 – May 6, 2016 (per NHTSA)

  • Peterbilt 587

    • 2017 · Vehicles built March 10, 2016 – May 6, 2016 (per NHTSA)
All Peterbilt recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 16V426000.

Defect description

PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain model year 2017 Kenworth C500, T660, T680, T800, T880, and W900 vehicles manufactured March 9, 2016, to April 26, 2016 and 2017 Peterbilt 320, 365, 367, 389, 567, 579, and 587 vehicles manufactured March 10, 2016, to May 6, 2016. The affected vehicles are equipped with Cummins ISX12 or ISX15 engines and have an engine control module (ECM) that may short circuit, causing the engine to stall without warning without the ability to restart it.

Safety consequence

An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.

Manufacturer remedy

Cummins will notify owners, and Cummins dealers will replace the defective engine control modules, free of charge. The began on July 8, 2016. Owners may contact Cummins customer service at 1-800-343-7357, Kenworth customer service at 1-425-828-5000 or Peterbilt customer service at 1-940-591-4000. PACCAR's numbers for this recall are 16KWB (Kenworth) and 616-C (Peterbilt).

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.go

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 16V426000

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.