Kenworth K270, Kenworth K370, Peterbilt 210, Peterbilt 220, model years 2009 to 2018. Filed by PACCAR Incorporated and reported to NHTSA on 6 September 2017. 2,975 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2009-2010 Peterbilt 210 and 220 trucks; 2012-2018 Peterbilt 210 and 220 trucks; and 2010-2018 Kenworth K270 and K370 trucks. These LFNA trucks have a front axle sway bar link that may come loose on the frame rail end and fall into the path of the drag link, possibly …
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Paccar's own number for this recall: 817-D AND 17KWE. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V554 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 17V554 cover?
- Kenworth K270, Kenworth K370, Peterbilt 210, Peterbilt 220, model years 2009-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2009-2010 Peterbilt 210 and 220 trucks; 2012-2018 Peterbilt 210 and 220 trucks; and 2010-2018 Kenworth K270 and K370 trucks.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the sway bar link detaches and falls into the drag link, it may impact the ability of the vehicle to steer properly, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the upper sway bar link attachment for a hardened washer installed between the bushing and the nut, installing a washer if it is missing, free of charge. The recall began on October 2730, 2017.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Paccar calls this recall 817-D AND 17KWE, 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 sway bar link detaches and falls into the drag link, it may impact the ability of the vehicle to steer properly, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V554 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | PACCAR Incorporated |
| System at fault | Power Train:Axle Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 6 September 2017 |
| Model years | 2009-2018 |
| Vehicles named | KENWORTH K270, KENWORTH K370, PETERBILT 210, PETERBILT 220 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the sway bar link detaches and falls into the drag link, it may impact the ability of the vehicle to steer properly, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
PACCAR will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the upper sway bar link attachment for a hardened washer installed between the bushing and the nut, installing a washer if it is missing, free of charge. The recall began on October 2730, 2017. Owners may contact Kenworth customer service at 1-425-828-5000 or Peterbilt customer service at 1-940-591-4220. PACCAR's numbers for this recall are 817-D and 17KWE.
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 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Kenworth K270 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Kenworth K370 recalls: 11 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 17V554, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v554/
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.
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- 26V022: 2026 Kenworth L770 and 2024-2026 Peterbilt 520
- 25V795: 2026 Peterbilt 567 and 589 trucks
- 25V569: 2024-2026 Kenworth T680, T880, and W990 trucks
- 25V353: 2024 Peterbilt 367, 2026 Peterbilt 548, 589, and 2024-2026 Peterbilt 567 trucks
- 25V182: 2021-2026 Peterbilt 220, 2022-2026 Kenworth K370, and 2020-2026 K270 Medium-Duty Battery Electric
All 138 Paccar campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 17V554 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b568eb1c - Consequence
a838a4b4 - 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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