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Kenworth certain door latch assemblies on these vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no.

NHTSA campaign 08V-065 · Reported July 2, 2008 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Kenworth C500, T2000, T800, W900, 330, 365, 367, 384, 386, 387, 388 and 389
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
PACCAR IS WORKING WITH TRIMARK AND WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE DOOR LATCH IF IT IS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.
COST
Free

The short version

PACCAR INCORPORATED reported a problem with the doors latch. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

PACCAR IS RECALLING 6,169 MY 2008 KENWORTH T300, T660, T800, T2000, W900 AND C500 VEHICLES AND MY 2008-2009 PETERBILT MODELS 365, 367, 384, 387, 388, 389 AND 389 KITS. CERTAIN DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLIES ON THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO.

WHY IT MATTERS

IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, FORCE COULD CAUSE THE ROTOR TO CRACK AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT HAVE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CLOSING SECURITY WHICH COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO INJURY OF THE VEHICLE OCCUPANT.

WHAT TO DO

PACCAR IS WORKING WITH TRIMARK AND WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE DOOR LATCH IF IT IS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 08V-065.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2008Kenworth C500
2008Kenworth T2000
2008Kenworth T800
2008Kenworth W900
2009Peterbilt 330
2008Peterbilt 365
2008–2009Peterbilt 367
2008–2009Peterbilt 384
2008–2009Peterbilt 386
2008–2009Peterbilt 387
2008–2009Peterbilt 388
2008–2009Peterbilt 389

What changed

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