2012 KENWORTH K270

2 safety recall campaigns.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints0
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 2 of 2

17V5540002017-09-06

POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

If the sway bar link detaches and falls into the drag link, it may impact the ability of the vehicle to steer properly, increasing the risk of a crash.

12V4900002012-10-09

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

Vehicles that use a combination of both fog lights and head lights or daytime running lights and headlights may be too bright for oncoming traffic, possibly distracting them and increasing the risk of a crash.

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Two 2012 KENWORTH K270s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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