2003 Peterbilt 379 recall: brakes
⚠️ What's wrong
On certain trucks equipped with meritor 15X4 front brakes and dana E1200 steer axle, the left brake cannot fully apply or it would become stuck and not release.
💥 The risk
If the left brake cannot fully be applied or if it were to become stuck and not release, this could affect the vehilce stopping distance and stability.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the "unhanded" automatic slack adjuster with a "handed" automatic slack adjuster that has a side mounted pawl nut. Owner notification began january 6, 2004. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free fremedy within a reasonable time should contact peterbilt at 1-940-591-4201.
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
- 03V343000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 903-F
- Manufacturer
- PACCAR INCORPORATED
- Vehicles affected
- 111
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SLACK ADJUSTERS
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 6, 2004
- Built
- May 27, 2003 – Aug 21, 2003
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Peterbilt recall no. 903-F.customers CAN also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).