Recall Register

1989 Peterbilt 320: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1989 Peterbilt 320. The newest campaign is 89V136000. NHTSA received the report on 10 Aug 1989. The NHTSA record gives the component Vehicle Speed Control / Springs. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 89V136000, in the NHTSA record

Correctly locate throttle return springs.
NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 1,930 units in total.

  1. 89V136000Received . 56 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control / Springs

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Throttle return spring may be incorrectly located.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This would cause throttle lever to not be undersufficient tension to comply with FMVSS 124.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Correctly locate throttle return springs.

    Report filed by PACCAR, INCORPORATED. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 89V135000Received . 1,305 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control / Springs

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Throttle return springs may not be properly installed.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This would cause throttle lever to not be undersufficient tension to comply with FMVSS 124.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Correctly locate throttle return springs.

    Report filed by PACCAR, INCORPORATED. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 89V058000Received . 569 units.

    Steering / Gear Box (Other Than Rack and Pinion)

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Steering gear mounting bolts may not have been tightened to the proper torque value and could loosen and interfere with the pitman arm on steering gear.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This interference could result in the loss of steeringcontrol and an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Retighten or replace mounting bolts.

    Report filed by PACCAR, INCORPORATED. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1989 Peterbilt 320: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train1
Complaints that report a crash
1
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
1
Date of the newest complaint
9 Jun 2001

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1989 Peterbilt 320, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2001, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19871
  2. 19882
  3. 19893
  4. 19901
  5. 19911
  6. 19921
  7. 19931
  8. 19941
  9. 19951
  10. 19961
  11. 19971
  12. 19981
  13. 19996
  14. 20006
  15. 20012
  16. 20022
  17. 20032
  18. 20041
  19. 20052
  20. 20061
  21. 20073
  22. 20088
  23. 20094
  24. 20104
  25. 20113
  26. 20125
  27. 20135
  28. 20146
  29. 20159
  30. 20165
  31. 20176
  32. 20184
  33. 20194
  34. 20204
  35. 20212
  36. 20221
  37. 20231

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1989 Peterbilt 320: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/peterbilt/320/1989/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
PACCAR, INCORPORATED

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1989 Peterbilt 320?
1,930 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Peterbilt 320 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 36 recall campaigns for the Peterbilt 320, model years 1987 to 2023. 3 of them name the 1989 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1989 Peterbilt 320 name most often?
Power Train: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1989 Peterbilt 320 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.