- Vehicles
- 390
- Built between
- May 2000 – Nov 2000
- Models
- 11
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 20 July 2001
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between May 2000 and November 2000. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2000 Kenworth C500Built May 2000 to October 2000
- 2000 Kenworth K100Built May 2000 to October 2000
- 2000 Kenworth T300Built May 2000 to October 2000
- 2000 Kenworth T800Built May 2000 to October 2000
- 2000 Kenworth W900Built May 2000 to October 2000
- 2000 Peterbilt 320Built May 2000 to November 2000
- 2000 Peterbilt 330Built May 2000 to November 2000
- 2000 Peterbilt 357Built May 2000 to November 2000
- 2000 Peterbilt 378Built May 2000 to November 2000
- 2000 Peterbilt 379Built May 2000 to November 2000
- 2000 Peterbilt 385Built May 2000 to November 2000
What the defect is
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with chalmers 1000 series and 800 series suspension kits. These suspension kits may have insufficient penetration of the weld attaching the torque rod eye to the torque rod tube.
What could happen
Failure of the weld could result in separation of the eye and tube, causing a lock of axle retention, which could result in loss of vehicle control.
What gets fixed
DEALERS WILL REPLACE ALL CHALMERS FIXED TORQUE RODS ON THESE VEHICLES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 27, 2001.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMay 2000 to November 2000
- Recall reported to NHTSA17 May 2001
- Owners notified20 July 2001
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 17 May 2001.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
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 peterbilt at 1-940-591-4000 or kenworth at 1-425-828-5000.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 501E/01KW05
- Recalling manufacturer
- PACCAR, INCORPORATED
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.