22V277000
STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS
Fastener failure can result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
2019 PETERBILT 389
6 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 6 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints6
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
21V906000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Unintended vehicle movement can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
20V199000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
If the driver unknowingly operates the vehicle without the ABS functioning, there would be an increased risk of a crash.
20V130000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
18V931000
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
Unintended movement of a vehicle can increase the risk of a crash.
18V657000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
If the fuel line bursts, fuel may leak onto the road resulting in a roadway hazard for other motorists. The engine may also stall without warning, resulting in the vehicle's inability to restart, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 1STEERING
- 1STEERING:LINKAGES
- 1STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY
- 1TIRES
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2019 PETERBILT 389s 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.