2000 Peterbilt 387 recall: brakes
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks. There is an interference between the throttle pedal and the brake pedal.
💥 The risk
The brake pedal may not operate as intended, resulting in greater brake pedal effort and/or delayed brake release.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the throttle pedal bracket.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V017000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 100-A
- Manufacturer
- PACCAR, INCORPORATED
- Vehicles affected
- 125
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Feb 4, 2000
- Built
- Apr 7, 1999 – Jan 3, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began february 4, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact peterbilt at 1-940-591-4000. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).