Service bulletin 01-077

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10169782
Published by NHTSA	2020-01-04
Manufacturer's number	01-077
Manufacturer's date	2019-12-20
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

Fix as Fail: Peterbilt has determined that model 567 and 579 vehicles built after January 01, 2013 and equipped with Espar fuel fire heater and SmartAir may have temperature overshoot issue. User may experience higher sleeper interior temperature than the set temperature on the SmartAir control. Resolution is to install an additional external temperature sensor on the sleeper control panel.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
PETERBILT 567	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
PETERBILT 579	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
18V092000	2018-02-02. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
01-078	2020-01-04. Service bulletin. Fix as Fail: Peterbilt has determined that certain models 567 and 579 vehicles built after January 01, 2013 with an Espar fuel fire heater and SmartAir may have an auto On/Off malfunction at lower temperatures. User may experience lack of heat function on SmartAir if the set temperature is < 76 °F. Resolution is to install a jumper harness.
03-070	2019-06-11. Service bulletin. Fix as Fail: Vehicles built 11/30/15 to 7/18/16 may display an error message in the Service Advised display after updating CECU software.