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</conversionOrExercisePrice>            <exerciseDate>                <footnoteId id="F5"/>            </exerciseDate>            <expirationDate>                <footnoteId id="F5"/>            </expirationDate>            <underlyingSecurity>                <underlyingSecurityTitle>                    <value>COMMON STOCK</value>                </underlyingSecurityTitle>                <underlyingSecurityShares>                    <value>4383.577</value>                </underlyingSecurityShares>            </underlyingSecurity>            <postTransactionAmounts>                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>                    <value>4383.577</value>                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>            </postTransactionAmounts>            <ownershipNature>                <directOrIndirectOwnership>                    <value>D</value>                </directOrIndirectOwnership>                <natureOfOwnership>                    <value></value>                </natureOfOwnership>            </ownershipNature>        </derivativeHolding>    </derivativeTable>    <footnotes>        <footnote id="F1">Shares held in PACCAR Savings Investment Plan (SIP).</footnote>        <footnote id="F2">Option to buy awarded under PACCAR Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).</footnote>        <footnote id="F3">Option forfeited upon retirement</footnote>        <footnote id="F4">Share units held in deferred phantom stock account under LTIP convertible to common stock on a one-for-one basis upon satisfaction of all applicable vesting conditions.</footnote>        <footnote id="F5">Share units held in deferred phantom stock account under PACCAR Deferred Incentive Compensation Plan (DICP) convertible to common stock on a one-for-one basis upon satisfaction of all applicable vesting conditions.</footnote>    </footnotes>    <remarks></remarks>    <ownerSignature>        <signatureName>Thomas E. Plimpton by Janice M. D'Amato POA</signatureName>        <signatureDate>2011-10-31</signatureDate>    </ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>