# NHTSA recall 20V130000

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: 20V130000
- Manufacturer's number: 20PBA
- Manufacturer: PACCAR Incorporated
- Reported: 2020\-03\-04
- Owners notified: 2020\-04\-30
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
- Units potentially affected: 35671

## What is wrong

PACCAR Incorporated \(PACCAR\) is recalling certain 2015\-2020 Peterbilt 365, 389, 567, and 579 vehicles equipped with a left\-hand under hood jumper terminal \(option code 2539410\).  The positive battery jumper terminal cable may be too long, allowing it to chafe against the left front suspension spring and result in an electrical short circuit.


## What can happen

An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the battery jumper terminal cables, and replace them as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began April 30, 2020.  Owners may contact PACCAR customer service at 1\-940\-591\-4220.  PACCAR's number for this recall is 20PBA.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 2 to 2025 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-04\-15
- Vehicles in the campaign: 35671
- Reported remedied: 29836 \(83%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1134
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 1, 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 365](/makes/peterbilt/365/2015/recalls.md)
- [2016 PETERBILT 365](/makes/peterbilt/365/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 PETERBILT 365](/makes/peterbilt/365/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 PETERBILT 365](/makes/peterbilt/365/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 PETERBILT 365](/makes/peterbilt/365/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 PETERBILT 365](/makes/peterbilt/365/2020/recalls.md)
- [2015 PETERBILT 389](/makes/peterbilt/389/2015/recalls.md)
- [2016 PETERBILT 389](/makes/peterbilt/389/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 PETERBILT 389](/makes/peterbilt/389/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 PETERBILT 389](/makes/peterbilt/389/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 PETERBILT 389](/makes/peterbilt/389/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 PETERBILT 389](/makes/peterbilt/389/2020/recalls.md)
- [2015 PETERBILT 567](/makes/peterbilt/567/2015/recalls.md)
- [2016 PETERBILT 567](/makes/peterbilt/567/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 PETERBILT 567](/makes/peterbilt/567/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 PETERBILT 567](/makes/peterbilt/567/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 PETERBILT 567](/makes/peterbilt/567/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 PETERBILT 567](/makes/peterbilt/567/2020/recalls.md)
- [2015 PETERBILT 579](/makes/peterbilt/579/2015/recalls.md)
- [2016 PETERBILT 579](/makes/peterbilt/579/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 PETERBILT 579](/makes/peterbilt/579/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 PETERBILT 579](/makes/peterbilt/579/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 PETERBILT 579](/makes/peterbilt/579/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 PETERBILT 579](/makes/peterbilt/579/2020/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [02\-158](/bulletins/10179370.md), 2020-09-03, Service bulletin
- [20 PBC](/bulletins/10174762.md), 2020-05-06, Service bulletin
- [32\-010](/bulletins/10138445.md), 2018-05-21, 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V130000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V130000)

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