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Kenworth T800

Every Kenworth T800 model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years21 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years112015 to 2025
Recall campaigns30Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins248Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751201520161201720182019202020212022202320242025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Tires leads the Kenworth T800 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Kenworth T800 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.

Kenworth T800 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone1010
2024Not decoded0NoneNone4013
2023Not decoded0NoneNone108
2022Not decoded0NoneNone1011
2021Not decoded0NoneNone108
2020Not decoded0NoneNone9032
2019Not decoded0NoneNone8037
2018Truck10.010011038
2017Not decoded0NoneNone8035
2016Other1100.010012031
2015Not decoded0NoneNone12025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kenworth T800

  • 24V-908 Dec 3, 2024
    Steering arm and/or tie rod bracket fasteners may fail, resulting in a loss of steering control
    Steering · 68 vehicles
  • 24V-789 Oct 23, 2024
    Fuel pump barrels may fracture and cause a fuel leak, which can result in an engine stall
    Fuel system · 5,690 vehicles
  • 24V-145 Feb 23, 2024
    Air tanks have an insufficient volume of air for the brake system
    Brakes · 936 vehicles
  • 24V-043 Jan 25, 2024
    Bearing journals may not be fully seated in the steering knuckle assemblies, preventing the proper installation of the wheel end hub assemblies
    Steering · 68 vehicles
  • 23V-717 Oct 26, 2023
    Additional spacer may have been added to the joint that connects the seat to the seat belt tether and buckle, causing an unsecured connection
    Seat belts · 3,841 vehicles
  • 22V-277 Apr 25, 2022
    Dana D-Series axle steer arm fasteners that attach the steering arm to the steering knuckle may fail
    Steering · 18k vehicles
  • 21V-391 May 26, 2021
    Sealing washer may not seat correctly in the pilot bore holes, allowing the high pressure fuel rail assembly to leak
    Fuel system · 612 vehicles
  • 20V-506 Aug 26, 2020
    Axles may have lower rear pivot bolts that are not long enough to sufficiently engage the locking feature of the corresponding nuts
    Powertrain · 1,097 vehicles
  • 20V-199 Apr 6, 2020
    In the event that the Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) loses battery and/or ignition power to the controller, the dash warning light for the ABS may…
    Stability and traction control · 461k vehicles
  • 19V-911 Dec 19, 2019
    Forward rear axle output shafts may have been improperly heat treated during manufacturing, possibly resulting in the shafts fracturing
    Powertrain · 148 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.