Just as Paccar Australia has announced its new 15 litre Cummins powered DAF XG , news comes that thousands of Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks are being recalled int he USA over an issue related to the said Cummins X15 engines, which has also prompted a recall of Daimler and Navistar trucks.
According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the recall documents show that Paccar is recalling nearly 6,000 new Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks of various models. The models included are all recently released trucks and all of them for the model year 2025 ( In America the next year’s model year starts in August the year before).
The models are the Kenworth C500, the T680, T800, T880, W900 and W990 as well as Peterbilt 567, 579, and 589 models
All of the affected trucks are equipped with Cummins X15 diesel engines with certain types of fuel pump. Fuel pump barrels installed on some of the engines may have been built using low-fatigue-strength parts, making them susceptible to fracture. The report says that a fracture could cause a fuel leak, which could result in an engine stall which increases the risk of a crash.
Paccar has said it will work with the engine manufacturers to replace the Cummins X15 fuel pump barrels for free.
The truck manufacturers’ recall is part of a large equipment recall issued by Cummins in September. That recall affects more than 9,000 Cummins X15 engines that were sold to several vehicle manufacturers, including Navistar, Daimler Truck, Kenworth and Peterbilt. Only three per cent of the recall population is expected to have the defect.
On the 1st October, Daimler Truck North America and Navistar both issued recalls related to the Cummins X15 issue. Together, nearly 1,700 trucks were affected. Combined with Paccar’s recall, most of the engines in Cummins’ initial recall are accounted for. Affected engines were sold to multiple fire truck manufacturers in addition to the heavy-duty commercial truck manufacturers.
