24V433000
STEERING:LINKAGES:DRAG:LINK:CONNECTION
A broken ball stud can cause a complete loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
2025 PETERBILT 520
7 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2025 PETERBILT 520 carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it1stop 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 6 of 7
26V022000
STEERING
A steering cross-shaft that fails can cause a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
25V436000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
Delayed and unsteady headlights can result in insufficient illumination of the road, decreasing the driver's visibility and increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, an unexpected position change of the lift axles may increase the risk of injury.
25V181000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM
A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.
24V915000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Safety systems that depend on the ECU (Automatic Traction Control, ABS, Electronic Stability Control, Active Cruise Control, and Collison Mitigation System) may not function properly or at all, increasing the risk of a crash.
24V908000
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
A loss of steering control increases the risk of a crash.
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2025 PETERBILT 520s 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.