21V00N000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
The operator may be unaware of a system malfunction or the presence of excessive methane levels, increasing the risk of injury or fire.
2017 PETERBILT 579
13 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 3 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns13
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints3
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire2
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 13
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.
19V657000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Without a Electronic Stability Control system, there is a greater chance of loss of stability control, which increases the risk of a crash.
18V816000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Missing reflex reflectors can reduce the vehicle's visibility to other drivers, increasing 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
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
- 1TIRES
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 PETERBILT 579s 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.