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Year · Make · Model

1987 Peterbilt Peterbilt

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
3
Service bulletins

Recalls

3 campaigns
89V008000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1989-01-17

RETRACTOR HOUSING ON SEAT BELT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE SEAT CUSHION.

RiskIF SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED TO LOCK IN AN EMERGENCY,DRIVER MAY NOT BE RETAINED AND PERSONAL INJURY MAY RESULT.

FixINSTALL A SPACER TO ELIMINATE ANY INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEAT CUSHION AND THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR HOUSING.

88V020000·STEERING:LINKAGES:DRAG:LINK:CONNECTION1988-02-19

PITMAN ARM PINCH BOLTS MAY BE OVERTIGHTENED OR MISSING.

RiskPITMAN ARM COULD SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING GEAR CAUSINGLOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH COULD RESULT.

FixREPLACE PITMAN ARM PINCH BOLT.

87V189000·SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE1987-12-14

TRUCKS MAY HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH INCORRECT REAR INNER WHEEL BEARINGS WHICH COULD DAMAGE THE BEARING AXLE SPINDLE.

RiskPREMATURE FAILURE OF SPINDLE MAY OCCUR, WHICH COULDRESULT IN WHEEL AND TIRE SEPARATION FROM THE VEHICLE; STEERING CONTROL MAY BELOST AND A CRASH COULD RESULT.

FixREPLACE REAR BEARINGS AND AXLE SPINDLE AS NECESSARY.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE87036·SUSPENSION1987-07-01 → 1987-12-15

REAR INNER WHEEL BEARINGS

Led to recall87V189000

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