{"id":42730,"date":"2021-01-03T01:55:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T01:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/peterbilt-579-2013-13v048000-2\/"},"modified":"2021-01-03T01:55:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T01:55:15","slug":"peterbilt-579-2013-13v048000-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/peterbilt-579-2013-13v048000-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Peterbilt 579 (2013) &#8211; 13V048000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Defect Description For Recall<\/h2><p>Paccar Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2013-2014 Kenworth T680 And T880 Trucks, Manufactured From January 18, 2012, Through February 1, 2013; And Model Year 2013-2014 Peterbilt 579 And 567 Vehicles, Manufactured From January 20, 2012, Through January 31, 2013.  The Exterior Lights Self-Test Switch Is Intended To Be Used When The Vehicle Is Parked.  If The Switch Is Pressed While The Vehicle Is In Motion, The Exterior Lights Self-Test Switch Will Cause All Exterior Lighting To Be Extinguished.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>PETERBILT<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Model Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>579<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Year<\/h2><p>2013<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recall Campaign Number<\/h2><p>13V048000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Component Description<\/h2><p>Exterior Lighting<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Effect Of Defect<\/h2><p>An Unexpected Loss Of Lighting During Vehicle Operation May Reduce The Driver&#8217;S Ability To See Other Vehicles, Pedestrians, Or Objects, As Well As Reduce The Truck&#8217;S Visibility To Other Drivers Or Pedestrians, Increasing The Risk Of Crash.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Fix Defect<\/h2><p>Paccar Will Notify Owners, And Dealers Will Disable The Exterior Lights Self-Test Software Parameter And Remove The Exterior Lights Self-Test Switch And Install A Switch Plug In Its Place.  The Services Will Be Offered Free Of Charge.  The Recall Began On February 28, 2013.  Owners May Contact Kenworth At 1-425-828-5000 Or Peterbilt At 1-940-591-4000.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Paccar Incorporated<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Start Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20120120<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">End Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20130131<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2><p>V<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Number Affected<\/h2><p>2019<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Owners Notified<\/h2><p>20130228<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Initiated By<\/h2><p>Mfr<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Paccar Incorporated<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Report Received<\/h2><p>20130213<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Campaign Number<\/h2><p>13KWB\/0213-B<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Part Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle recall defect &#8211; Paccar Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2013-2014 Kenworth T680 And T880 Trucks, Manufactured From January 18, 2012, Through February 1, 2013; And Model Year 2013-2014 Peterbilt 579 And 567 Vehicles, Manufactured From January 20, 2012, Through January 31, 2013.  The Exterior Lights Self-Test Switch Is Intended To Be Used When The Vehicle Is Parked.  If The Switch Is Pressed While The Vehicle Is In Motion, The Exterior Lights Self-Test Switch Will Cause All Exterior Lighting To Be Extinguished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[6054,6047],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}