Kenworth T480, T380, T280, 548, 537, 535. Published by Transport Canada as 2025018 on 16 January 2025. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain trucks, the accelerator pedal could stick and cause the engine not to return to idle.
Safety Risk:
An engine that doesn't return to idle could cause a loss of control and increase the risk of a crash.
Corrective Actions:
PACCAR will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your …
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Kenworth T480 in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2025018
- Recall date
- 16 January 2025
- Make
- Kenworth, Peterbilt
- Models
- T480, T380, T280, 548, 537, 535, 536, T180
- Model years
- 2023 to 2024
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 117
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain trucks, the accelerator pedal could stick and cause the engine not to return to idle.Safety Risk:
An engine that doesn't return to idle could cause a loss of control and increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
PACCAR will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your truck to a dealership to inspect and, if necessary, replace the accelerator pedal assembly.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2025018.
Kenworth elsewhere in this register
Kenworth is named on 263 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2025036 · 29 January 2025 · 548, T380, T280 · Lights And Instruments
- 2025150 · 24 March 2025 · T680, 579, 520 · High Voltage
- 2025151 · 24 March 2025 · 220, K370 · High Voltage
- 2025357 · 26 June 2025 · T480, T280, W990 · Lights And Instruments
- 2025448 · 2 September 2025 · T880, W990, T680 · Visual System
- 2024744 · 9 December 2024 · T880, W990, T380 · Brakes
- 2024732 · 3 December 2024 · T880, 367, T800 · Steering
- 2024630 · 23 October 2024 · 567, 589, W990 · Fuel System
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2025012 · 16 January 2025 · Cherokee · Powertrain
- 2025023 · 17 January 2025 · Aviator, Explorer · Powertrain
- 2025076 · 14 February 2025 · Sprinter · Powertrain
- 2025090 · 19 February 2025 · Cb650r · Powertrain
- 2025104 · 2 March 2025 · Ecosport · Powertrain
- 2025108 · 2 March 2025 · Corsair, Maverick · Powertrain
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Kenworth T180, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Kenworth: 263 in the register, and 656 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2025.
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