Kenworth T180, Kenworth T280, Kenworth T380, Kenworth T480, Peterbilt 535, Peterbilt 536, model years 2023 to 2024. Filed by PACCAR Incorporated and reported to NHTSA on 16 January 2025. 1,110 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Peterbilt 535, 536, 537, 548, 2023-2024 Kenworth T280, T380, T480, and 2024 Kenworth T180 trucks. The throttle pedal assembly may contain an oversized magnet carrier, slowing the responsiveness or causing the pedal to stick.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25V014 cover?
- Kenworth T180, Kenworth T280, Kenworth T380, Kenworth T480, Peterbilt 535, Peterbilt 536, Peterbilt 537, Peterbilt 548, model years 2023-2024.
- What is wrong with them?
- PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Peterbilt 535, 536, 537, 548, 2023-2024 Kenworth T280, T380, T480, and 2024 Kenworth T180 trucks. The throttle pedal assembly may contain an oversized magnet carrier, slowing the responsiveness or causing the pedal to stick.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A pedal that sticks increases the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and replace the throttle pedal as necessary, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed April 11, 2025. Owners may contact Peterbilt's customer service at 1-940-591-4220 and Kenworth's customer service at 1-425-828-5888. PACCAR's numbers for this recall are 25PBA and 25KWA.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “A pedal that sticks increases the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V014 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | PACCAR Incorporated |
| System at fault | Vehicle Speed Control:Accelerator Pedal |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 January 2025 |
| Model years | 2023-2024 |
| Vehicles named | KENWORTH T180, KENWORTH T280, KENWORTH T380, KENWORTH T480, PETERBILT 535, PETERBILT 536, PETERBILT 537, PETERBILT 548 |
What the notice says today
The defect
PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Peterbilt 535, 536, 537, 548, 2023-2024 Kenworth T280, T380, T480, and 2024 Kenworth T180 trucks. The throttle pedal assembly may contain an oversized magnet carrier, slowing the responsiveness or causing the pedal to stick.
The consequence
A pedal that sticks increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the throttle pedal as necessary, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed April 11, 2025. Owners may contact Peterbilt's customer service at 1-940-591-4220 and Kenworth's customer service at 1-425-828-5888. PACCAR's numbers for this recall are 25PBA and 25KWA.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to dc9559df56e4e238f696866de6ae623e…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 93 notices in the record whose component field names vehicle speed control. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Kenworth T180 recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Kenworth T280 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Kenworth T380 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Kenworth T480 recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Peterbilt 535 recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Peterbilt 536 recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Peterbilt 537 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Peterbilt 548 recalls: 22 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 25V014, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v014/
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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.
Other Paccar notices we hold
- 26V544: 2027 Peterbilt 567, 579, 589 and 2027 Kenworth T680, T880, and W990
- 26V485: 2027 Peterbilt and Kenworth
- 26V442: 2026-2027 Peterbilt 579 and 2027 Kenworth T680 tractors
- 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 25V014 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
63802922 - Consequence
d97dbe33 - 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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