22V277000
STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS
Fastener failure can result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
2020 PETERBILT 579
6 safety recall campaigns, 5 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints5
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 6
21V00N000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
The operator may be unaware of a system malfunction or the presence of excessive methane levels, increasing the risk of injury or fire.
21V906000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Unintended vehicle movement can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
20V130000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
19V733000
VISIBILITY
Reduced visibility increases the risk of a crash.
19V340000
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
If the mirror glass detaches, the driver may have reduced visibility and the mirror glass will become a road hazard that may strike another vehicle or pedestrian, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
What owners report most
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER
- 1ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 1FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2020 PETERBILT 579s 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.