1998 PETERBILT 377 Recall

Campaign:

99V181001 on 07/13/1999

Component:

Electrical system:ignition:module

Manufactured:

11/30/1998 - 06/23/1999

Affected:

272

Defect:

Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with caterpillar engines and eaton autoshift transmissions. the engines can stall because of software problems.

Consequence:

Increased steering effort can occur.

Correction:

Dealers will update these engines with software changes. caterpillar is conducting the owner notification and remedy of this recall.

Notes:

owner notification is expected to begin during august 1999.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 kenworth at 1-206-828-5418 or peterbilt 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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