Kenworth K300, Peterbilt 210, Peterbilt 220, model years 2012 to 2014. Filed by PACCAR Incorporated and reported to NHTSA on 24 January 2014. 828 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2012 through 2014 model year Kenworth K300 and Peterbilt 210 and 220 chassis equipped with Sure Power-brand battery equalizers or DC-DC converters containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka 'potting', compound. The specific potting compound used in the subject products …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 14KWD/1213J. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 14V014 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 14V014 cover?
- Kenworth K300, Peterbilt 210, Peterbilt 220, model years 2012-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2012 through 2014 model year Kenworth K300 and Peterbilt 210 and 220 chassis equipped with Sure Power-brand battery equalizers or DC-DC converters containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka 'potting', compound.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the potting compound is exposed to heat and conducts electricity, there is an increased risk of a vehicle fire and personal injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective component with a new battery equalizer or DC-DC converter, free of charge. The recall began on March 31, 2014. Customers may contact PACCAR at 1-425-468-7400. Kenworth's number for this recall is 14KWD.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 14KWD/1213J, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the potting compound is exposed to heat and conducts electricity, there is an increased risk of a vehicle fire and personal injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 14V014 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | PACCAR Incorporated |
| System at fault | Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery |
| Reported to NHTSA | 24 January 2014 |
| Model years | 2012-2014 |
| Vehicles named | KENWORTH K300, PETERBILT 210, PETERBILT 220 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the potting compound is exposed to heat and conducts electricity, there is an increased risk of a vehicle fire and personal injury.
The remedy
PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective component with a new battery equalizer or DC-DC converter, free of charge. The recall began on March 31, 2014. Customers may contact PACCAR at 1-425-468-7400. Kenworth's number for this recall is 14KWD. Peterbilt's number for this recall is 1213J.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Kenworth K300 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Peterbilt 210 recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Peterbilt 220 recalls: 14 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 14V014, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14v014/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 14V014 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
76031dc0 - Consequence
f3672a6a - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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