{"id":42736,"date":"2021-01-03T01:55:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T01:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/peterbilt-579-2012-15v641000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-03T01:55:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T01:55:23","slug":"peterbilt-579-2012-15v641000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/peterbilt-579-2012-15v641000\/","title":{"rendered":"Peterbilt 579 (2012) &#8211; 15V641000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Defect Description For Recall<\/h2><p>Paccar Incorporated (Paccar) Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2012-2013 Peterbilt 579 And 587 Trucks Manufactured February 14, 2011, To December 5, 2012 And 2011 Kenworth T700 Trucks Manufactured September 21, 2010, To October 1, 2010.  The Affected Trucks Are Equipped With Fontaine Ultra Lt Fifth Wheel Connectors, Which, Due To Cumulative Damage To The Fifth Wheel And Its Locking Mechanism, Have A Locking Mechanism That May Fail To Operate Or To Properly Engage.<\/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>2012<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recall Campaign Number<\/h2><p>15V641000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Component Description<\/h2><p>Equipment<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Effect Of Defect<\/h2><p>If The Fifth Wheel And Locking Mechanism Are Sufficiently Damaged, The Locking Mechanism May Fail To Operate As Intended And The Trailer May Unexpectedly Detach From The Tractor, Increasing The Risk Of A Crash.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Fix Defect<\/h2><p>Paccar Will Notify Owners, And Dealers Will Replace The Fifth Wheel With An Ultra Nt Model Fifth Wheel, Free Of Charge.  The Recall Began On December 7, 2015.  Owners May Contact Kenworth Customer Service At 1-425-828-5000 Or Peterbilt Customer Service At 1-940-591-4000.  Paccar&#8217;S Numbers For This Recall Are 15Kwp (Kenworth) And 1015M (Peterbilt).<\/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>20110214<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">End Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20121205<\/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>290<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Owners Notified<\/h2><p>20151207<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Initiated By<\/h2><p>Odi<\/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>20151009<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Campaign Number<\/h2><p>15KWP and 1015M<\/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 Incorporated (Paccar) Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2012-2013 Peterbilt 579 And 587 Trucks Manufactured February 14, 2011, To December 5, 2012 And 2011 Kenworth T700 Trucks Manufactured September 21, 2010, To October 1, 2010.  The Affected Trucks Are Equipped With Fontaine Ultra Lt Fifth Wheel Connectors, Which, Due To Cumulative Damage To The Fifth Wheel And Its Locking Mechanism, Have A Locking Mechanism That May Fail To Operate Or To Properly Engage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[6054,6047],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42736"}],"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=42736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}