NHTSA recall 18V092000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	18V092000
Manufacturer's number	18KWA and 118-A
Manufacturer	PACCAR Incorporated
Reported	2018-02-02
Owners notified	2018-03-09
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
Units potentially affected	1938

Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
Report	Quarterly report 6, for 2019 quarter 2
Filed with NHTSA	2019-09-03
Vehicles in the campaign	1938
Reported remedied	1587 (81%)
Reported unreachable	103
Reported removed	0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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.

What is wrong

PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Kenworth T680 and T880 trucks, and Peterbilt 567 and 579 trucks, all equipped with an automated Eaton UltraShift Plus or Eaton Advantage Transmission with right hand stalk shifter. The display that indicates which transmission gear the driver selected may display incorrectly. The display can indicate 'N' when the shifter is set into 'D' or 'R', and the as a result, the truck will not move. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 102, "Transmission Shift Lever Sequence/Starter Interlock/Transmission Braking Effect," and number 101, "Control and Displays."

What can happen

A truck that does not move as expected can increase the risk of a crash.

The remedy

PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will install a transmission software update, free of charge. The recall began on March 9, 2018. Owners may contact Kenworth customer service at 1-425-828-5000 or Peterbilt customer service at 1-940-591-4220. PACCAR's numbers for this recall is 18KWA and 118-A.

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.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2017 KENWORTH T680	Built 2016-11-16 to 2017-12-22.
2018 KENWORTH T680	Built 2016-11-16 to 2017-12-22.
2017 KENWORTH T880	Built 2016-11-16 to 2017-12-22.
2018 KENWORTH T880	Built 2016-11-16 to 2017-12-22.
2017 PETERBILT 567	Built 2016-11-17 to 2017-12-31.
2018 PETERBILT 567	Built 2016-11-17 to 2017-12-31.
2017 PETERBILT 579	Built 2016-11-17 to 2017-12-31.
2018 PETERBILT 579	Built 2016-11-17 to 2017-12-31.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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.
01-077	2020-01-04. Service bulletin. 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.
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.

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