21KWH – Methane Detection System May Fail – 2016-2022 Kenworth

December 29, 2021 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 21V00N000

Methane Detection System May Fail

The operator may be unaware of a system malfunction or the presence of excessive methane levels, increasing the risk of injury or fire.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V00N

Manufacturer PACCAReBay logo Incorporated

Components ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Potential Number of Units Affected 1,107

 

Summary

PACCAReBay logo Incorporated (PACCAReBay logo) is recalling certain 2016-2022 PeterbilteBay logo 567, 579, 2021-2022 PeterbilteBay logo 536, 2017-2021 KenwortheBay logo T880, 2016-2022 KenwortheBay logo T680, 2018-2020 KenwortheBay logo T440, 2020 KenwortheBay logo T270, and 2021 KenwortheBay logo T280 vehicles. The methane detection system will not function if the system loses power.

 

Remedy

Dealers will re-wire the warning alarm, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed February 26, 2022. The remedy is expected by md-November 2022. Owners may contact PeterbilteBay logo customer service at 1-940-591-4220, and KenwortheBay logo customer service at 1-425-828-5888. PACCAReBay logo’s numbers for this recall are 21KWH and 21PBN.

 

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.

 


Chronology :

11-11-2021: PeterbilteBay logo Safety and Compliance reviewed a natural gas truck and found the warning lamp and the warning alarm did not indicate constant warning sound and light when the methane detection system power was lost. Investigation opened.

11-12-2021: 50 trucks are on hold at the plants (48 PB and two (2) KW chassis) and being reworked for creating a redundant power source for warning lamp and buzzer. The field trucks may be reworked similar to the plant rework.

11-19-2021: AELs (KW: 00301N5, PB: 031AHMD) are created as an additional method to identify future trucks with methane detection that may need an alternate design called out.

11-24-2021: Chillicothe confirms rework procedure effectively resolved the concern. Fuse B6 was pulled to simulate a loss of system power, causing the warning lamp to illuminate and alarm to sound.

12-07-2021: Affected population of vehicles in the field defined.

12-09-2021: Warranty Claims checked for this system and found none.

12-22-2021: Safety committee meeting held. The committee agrees that a defect relating to motor vehicle safety exists.

 


33 Affected Products

Vehicles

MAKEMODELYEAR
KENWORTHeBay logoT2702020
KENWORTHeBay logoT2802021
KENWORTHeBay logoT4402018-2020
KENWORTHeBay logoT6802016-2022
KENWORTHeBay logoT8802017-2021
PETERBILTeBay logo5362021-2022
PETERBILTeBay logo5672016-2022
PETERBILTeBay logo5792016-2022

 


7 Associated Documents

Safety Bulletin

RCSB-21V00N-4751.pdf 341.25KB

 


Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-21V00N-3222.pdf 645.336KB

 


Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-21V00N-1612.PDF 216.466KB

 


ISSUED Interim Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RIONL-21V00N-8498.pdf 234.223KB

 


Safety Bulletin

RCSB-21V00N-9869.pdf 7290.244KB

 


Recall 573 Report- 08/24/2022

RCLRPT-21V00N-5452.PDF 216.445KB

 


Recall 573 Report – 09/19/2022

RCLRPT-21V00N-2011.PDF 244.921KB

 


Latest Recalls Documents

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/documentList.xhtml?docId=21V00N&docType=RCL

 


 

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