2011 KENWORTH C500

6 safety recall campaigns.

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The record

Recall campaigns6

Park it0stop driving until repaired

Investigations0

Owner complaints0

Complaints citing a crash0

Complaints citing a fire0

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 6

24V1450002024-02-23

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:RESERVOIR/TANK

Insufficient air volume can reduce braking performance and increase the risk of a crash.

15V2710002015-05-08

VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR

As water leaks in, the wiper may cease to function on the 'intermittent' setting, reducing the driver's visibility and increasing the risk of a crash. Additionally, the water may cause corrosion which, over time, may result in an electrical short, increasing the risk of a fire.

11V2030002011-03-24

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

11V1570002011-03-07

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SLACK ADJUSTERS

IF THE SLACK ADJUSTER HOUSING WERE TO FRACTURE, THE WHEEL BRAKE TO WHICH THE SLACK ADJUSTER HOUSING IS ATTACHED WOULD NO LONGER FUNCTION, WHICH COULD INCREASE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCES, AND IF MOUNTED ON THE STEER AXLE, COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO ONE SIDE DURING BRAKING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

10V4520002010-09-29

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

POWER LOSS OF THE VEHICLE'S EXTERIOR LIGHTING MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY OF THE VEHICLE TO OTHER DRIVERS INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH WITH THE VEHICLE.

10V2120002010-05-18

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DRUM:CHAMBER

THE CONTACT CAN DAMAGE THE BRAKE CHAMBER LEADING TO A LOSS OF BRAKING FUNCTION AT THE AFFECTED WHEEL END, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

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Two 2011 KENWORTH C500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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