2005 PETERBILT 320 Recall
- Campaign:
- 05V189000 on 04/28/2005
- Component:
- Suspension
- Manufactured:
- 12/31/2003 - 12/30/2004
- Affected:
- 1,026
- Defect:
- On certain heavy duty class 8 trucks, the suspension has transverse beam castings that may fracture under normal loads. if a casting breaks when the vehicle is traveling on a roadway there is the potential for pieces of the casting to become projectiles and the suspension's transverse beam may drop down low enough to contact the road surface.
- Consequence:
- This could cause sparks that could potentially ignite and cause a fire.
- Correction:
- Dealers will inspect and replace the defective transverse beam assemblies free of charge. the recall began on june 10, 2005, with letters being mailed to peterbilt owners; and on june 17, 2005, for kenworth owners. owners may contact peterbilt at 940-591-4201 or kenworth at 425-828-5440.
- Notes:
- Peterbilt recall no. 405-b and kenworth recall no. 05kw3.customers 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 http://www.safercar.gov.
2005 PETERBILT 320 TSBs (2)
- Bulletin:
- 22
- Component:
- 043200 service brakes, air:slack adjusters:automatic
- Summary:
- Auto slack adjusters. *tt
- Bulletin:
- 15-16
- Component:
- 063000 engine and engine cooling:exhaust system
- Summary:
- Fix-as-fail: repair for horizontal exhaust diffuser configurations with broken brackets or cracked diffuser.
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