22V277000
STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS
Fastener failure can result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
2018 PETERBILT 579
14 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns14
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints12
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire3
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 14
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.
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.
18V931000
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
Unintended movement of a vehicle can increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3SERVICE BRAKES
- 2STEERING
- 1ENGINE
- 1FIRERELATED
- 1SUSPENSION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 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.