Exterior lighting (Peterbilt and Kenworth)
Vehicle recall 80V-034. NHTSA received PACCAR, INCORPORATED’s report on Mar 25, 1980.
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The short answer
NHTSA received PACCAR, INCORPORATED’s report on Mar 25, 1980. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
SOME VEHICLES CONTAIN LENSES THAT FADE FROM AMBER TO CLEAR AFTER EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME.
THIS FADING DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, “LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT”.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL REPLACE DEFECTIVE LENSES OR OWNER MAY PICK UP REPLACEMENT LENSES FROM THE DEALER FOR SELF-INSTALLATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: LIGHTING; LAMPS AND REFLECTIVE DEVICES.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: FADED LENSES PRODUCE THE WRONG COLOR OF LIGHT AND COULDMISLEAD OTHER DRIVERS AND CAUSE A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 9,500 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Peterbilt Peterbiltand 1979, before the model years listed here
- Kenworth Kenworthand 1979, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by PACCAR, INCORPORATED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.