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Caterpillar 3406E

Every Caterpillar 3406E model year on file, 1998 to 1999. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years21998 to 1999
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins7Summed across model years
By model year

The 1999 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.511.52199819992
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Caterpillar 3406E complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
1
Powertrain
1
Equipment
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Caterpillar 3406E model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Caterpillar 3406E by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1999Not decoded20.0200115
1998Not decoded0NoneNone102
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Caterpillar 3406E

  • 99E-023 Jul 29, 1999
    Equipment description: electronically unit injected diesel engines used in combination with eaton 10 and 18 speed autoshift transmissions
    Electrical system ยท 1,362 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.