Steering › Linkages

Kenworth Coe

Reported Jun 6, 1979150 vehicles affectedPACCAR, INCORPORATEDBuilt May 1, 1978 – Jul 1, 1978

The defect

The involved trucks may have been manufactured with a grade 5 bolt instead of the specified grade 8 bolt.

The remedy

Dealer will replace grade 5 bolts with grade 8 bolts.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Kenworth Coe

1978

Notes

Vehicle description: trucks, cab-over-engine.system: steering linkages; pitman arm.consequences of defect: this condition may allow the pitman arm to separatefrom the rest of the suspension, causing loss of vehicle control and anaccident.

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