# NHTSA recall 21V546000

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: 21V546000
- Manufacturer's number: 21KWE
- Manufacturer: PACCAR Incorporated
- Reported: 2021\-07\-20
- Owners notified: 2022\-06\-14
- Component: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 6916
- Part numbers: F21\-1028\-13B1, \-13B2 \-23B1, \-23B2 and F21\-1047\-10012

## What is wrong

PACCAR Incorporated \(PACCAR\) is recalling certain 2022 Kenworth T680, T880, and W990 vehicles.  The HVAC controls may have insufficient soldering between the potentiometer\(s\) and the PCBA board, resulting in windshield defrost failure.


## What can happen

Inoperative windshield defrost may reduce driver visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace HVAC control head, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed on September 17, 2021.  Remedy parts are expected to be available mid\-June, 2022.  Owners may contact PACCAR's customer service at 1\-425\-828\-5888 \(Kenworth\).  PACCAR's number for this recall is 21KWE.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 2, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-21
- Vehicles in the campaign: 6916
- Reported remedied: 4909 \(70%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 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

- [2022 KENWORTH T680](/makes/kenworth/t680/2022/recalls.md)
- [2022 KENWORTH T880](/makes/kenworth/t880/2022/recalls.md)
- 2022 KENWORTH W900

## 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\-160](/bulletins/10188550.md), 2021-03-10, 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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