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Kenworth W900

Every Kenworth W900 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 years42 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years112015 to 2025

Recall campaigns28Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins302Summed across model years

By model year

The 2022 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 50% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Adaptive equipment leads the Kenworth W900 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Adaptive equipment

Steering

Fuel system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Kenworth W900 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 W900 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2025	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	14
2024	Truck	1	0.0	100	2	17
2023	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	19
2022	Heavy truck	2	100.0	100	4	26
2021	Heavy truck	1	0.0	100	3	30
2020	Not decoded	0	None	None	6	31
2019	Not decoded	0	None	None	7	35
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	9	39
2017	Not decoded	0	None	None	6	34
2016	Not decoded	0	None	None	11	32
2015	Not decoded	0	None	None	9	25

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kenworth W900

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-433 Jun 12, 2024
Tie rod or drag link assembly may contain an improperly heat-treated ball stud, causing the ball stud to break
Steering · 7,410 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-782 Oct 18, 2022
Tie rod clamps may have been improperly heat-treated, causing them to fail and allowing the tie rods to separate
Steering · 79 vehicles
22V-631 Aug 17, 2022
Engine control module (ECM) may experience an internal electrical short-circuit, causing the engine to stall
Engine and cooling · 1,601 vehicles
22V-547 Jul 28, 2022
Steering gears may have been assembled incorrectly, which can cause the gears to fracture
Steering · 48k 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-546 Jul 20, 2021
HVAC controls may have insufficient soldering between the potentiometer(s) and the PCBA board, resulting in windshield defrost failure
Visibility and wipers · 6,916 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.