Peterbilt Peterbilt 2001
Vehicle Details: Investigations, Consumer Complaints, Service Bulletins
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Where is the 2001 PETERBILT Peterbilt produced?
- The 2001 PETERBILT Peterbilt is produced in Bellevue Wa, United States (usa).
Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.
- 02-160 - EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY: Information only a?? Windshield washer pumps have a high no trouble found rate. Washer pumps may fail to spray due to a clogged filter.
- 32-015 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: Information only: this bulletin provides dealers with a battery warranty quick reference guide to ensure the appropriate tests for battery warranty are performed in order to prevent battery warranty claims filed with incorrect or incomplet
- 11-001 - POWER TRAIN: Information only: hendrickson softek front axle maintenance intervals and requirements.
- 32-016 - EQUIPMENT: Information only: proper jump-starting voltage will eliminate high voltage related issues and equipment damage.
- 01-075 - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: Information only: this bulletin provides guidance for repairing an air-conditioning system after internal failure of the a/c compressor.
- 34-077 - EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL: Information only: proper instructions for closure of power distribution box cover to prevent corrosion.
- 13-049 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE: Information: bendix acom software version 6.16.5.0 for diagnostics may introduce an unrecoverable error. Notice to dealers to replace this version with older software version until bendix introduces new version.
- 03-064 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: Information - recommended practices for updating esa software
- SB-10-08 - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL: This bulletin is to notify dealers of a cummins engine campaign that updates the software for certain isx and ism cummins engines built between 01/01/07 and 12/31/07. This for engines only and truck build dates. *pe
Front axle bearing failure investigation # PE02091
The companies involved in this matter are:skf (hub mfr), arvinmeritor (front axle mfr), and paccar, the corporate headquarters for kenworth and peterbilt, ( manufacturers of class viii tractor-trailers).Skf identified manufacturing defects for specific build dates on front axle hub and bearings (wheel bearings) supplied to arvin meritor.As a result, arvinmeritor notified paccar who in turn notified their truck divisions of the defective units.As a result, 220 trucks are being recalled by paccar for defective front axle wheel bearings which may fail in such a way that a wheel separation or wheel bearing fire occurs.See attached summary report and defect reports for additional details.
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1 Truck Crashworthiness Data Special Study National He was PAR reported as restrained by the manual safety belt system The other vehicle in this crash a 2000 Kenworth T800 conventional tractor with 6x4 APPENDIX one nhtsa gov DOT NHTSA NVS Underride U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration May 2015 APPENDIX ... 4 axle configuration with a day cab configuration. This vehicle was struck by an opposite-direction 2001 Peterbilt tractor semitrailer. The Mack driver was a 55-year-old-male with a reported height of... lang:en score:14 filesize: 6.52 M page_count: 207 document date: 2015-06-01 |
| Crash | Fire | Towed | Injured | Deaths | Failure Date |
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| No | No | N | None | None | 20010901 |
The vehicle lost fuel pressure due to injector failure. *yh
| No | No | N | None | None | 20010828 |
The vehicle?S front end shakes and the vehicle wanders when driving over bumpy roads. The right front and left front wheel bearings, steering u joint, steering wheel nut were replaced as a possible solution to the shaking but the problem still continued. Also king pins and bushings were replaced but it did not fix the problem. *yh