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Peterbilt - Paccar

Official notice

31 Oct 2017

Last checked

31 Oct 2017

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Peterbilt - Paccar. On certain vehicles, the stop lamps may fail to activate due to a defective weld and incomplete circuit within the stop lamp switch. If the stop lamp switch fails during the application of the service brakes, the brake lights on the vehicle and trailer will not illuminate, thereby increasing the possibility of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will inspect and replace any 08-01760 stop lamp switches with a suspect date code (1056, 1026, 0821, 1386 and 1456). Published 2017-10-31.

What to do now

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Recall number

68507

Official notice

2017-10-31

The hazard

On certain vehicles, the stop lamps may fail to activate due to a defective weld and incomplete circuit within the stop lamp switch. If the stop lamp switch fails during the application of the service brakes, the brake lights on the vehicle and trailer will not illuminate, thereby increasing the possibility of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will inspect and replace any 08-01760 stop lamp switches with a suspect date code (1056, 1026, 0821, 1386 and 1456).

How to check if you're affected

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Recall Numbers

68507

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2017, Make: PETERBILT, Model: 325

Product 2

Year: 2017, Make: PETERBILT, Model: 330

Product 3

Year: 2017, Make: PETERBILT, Model: 337

Product 4

Year: 2017, Make: PETERBILT, Model: 348

Product 5

Year: 2017, Make: PETERBILT, Model: 365

Product 6

Year: 2017, Make: PETERBILT, Model: 367

Product 7

Year: 2017, Make: PETERBILT, Model: 386

Product 8

Year: 2017, Make: PETERBILT, Model: 389

Product 9

Year: 2017, Make: PETERBILT, Model: 587

Risk / hazard

On certain vehicles, the stop lamps may fail to activate due to a defective weld and incomplete circuit within the stop lamp switch. If the stop lamp switch fails during the application of the service brakes, the brake lights on the vehicle and trailer will not illuminate, thereby increasing the possibility of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will inspect and replace any 08-01760 stop lamp switches with a suspect date code (1056, 1026, 0821, 1386 and 1456).

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Peterbilt, Paccar.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

68507

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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