Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1977 Kenworth Kenworth

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

3
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Recalls

3 campaigns
82V034000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1982-04-14

IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THE LCF THROTTLE ROD BELL CRANK TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RADIATOR SEAL. THIS CAN RESULT IN REDUCED ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND/OR THROTTLE RETURN.

FixDEALER WILL MODIFY THE DRIVER SIDE RADIATOR SEAL TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERFERENCE WITH THE THROTTLE ROD BELL CRANK.

79V030000·SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE1979-01-18

SOME OF THE INVOLVED VEHICLES MAY HAVE AN INSUFFICIENT WELD FILLET SIZE ON THE REAR AXLE SUSPENSION PERCHES WHICH MAY CREATE A CONDITION WHEREBY THE PERCHES COULD BREAK OFF.

FixTHE DEALER WILL INSPECT AND REWELD THOSE AXLE PERCHES WITH INSUFFICIENT WELDS, SO THAT WELD MATERIAL EXTENDS COMPLETELY TO THE EDGE OF THE PERCH. THIS WILL BE DONE AT NO COST TO OWNER.

77V078000·VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD1977-05-24

ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES, THE WINDSHIELD OPENING MAY BE SLIGHTLY OVERSIZED, WHICH COULD ALLOW THE WINDSHIELD GLASS TO DISLODGE FROM ITS BASE.

FixDEALER WILL EITHER BUILD UP THE WINDSHIELD OPENING WITH FIBERGLASS OR INSTALL A LARGER WINDSHIELD, WITHOUT CHARGE.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE86068·STEERING1986-07-29 → 1986-09-04

STEER AXLE HUB FAILURE

Led to recall86V119000

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