# NHTSA recall 15V036000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V036000
- Manufacturer's number: 115A
- Manufacturer: PACCAR Incorporated
- Reported: 2015\-01\-27
- Owners notified: 2015\-03\-06
- Component: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL \(ESC\)
- Units potentially affected: 39

## What is wrong

PACCAR Incorporated \(PACCAR\) is recalling certain model year 2015 Peterbilt 389 Pride and Class edition vehicles manufactured October 1, 2014, to December 4, 2014, and equipped with electronic stability control \(ESC\).  The affected vehicles were manufactured with an incorrect horn contact plate that may damage the ESC steering angle sensor.


## What can happen

If the steering angle sensor is damaged, the ESC sensor may malfunction, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.


## The remedy

Peterbilt will notify owners, and dealers will replace the horn contact plate and the ESC steering angle sensor, free of charge. The recall began on March 6, 2015. Owners may contact Peterbilt customer service at 1\-940\-591\-4000.  PACCAR's number for this recall is 115A.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 39
- Reported remedied: 28 \(71%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2015 PETERBILT 389](/makes/peterbilt/389/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-10\-01 to 2014\-12\-04.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [FRN715\-1](/bulletins/10195276.md), 2021-06-07, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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