2020 PETERBILT 389

5 safety recall campaigns.

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The record

Recall campaigns5
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 5 of 5

22V2770002022-04-25

STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS

Fastener failure can result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.

21V9060002021-11-19

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

Unintended vehicle movement can increase the risk of a crash or injury.

20V5060002020-08-26

POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

The short screws can cause the hardware to separate from the suspension system and become road hazards, increasing the risk of a crash and/or injury.

20V1300002020-03-04

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES

An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.

19V9110002019-12-19

POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT

If the rear axle output shaft fractures, the shaft or interaxle driveline could detach and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

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Two 2020 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.

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