By model year
Peterbilt 220 complaints by model year
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.
Model line
Peterbilt 220
Every Peterbilt 220 model year on file, 2015 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years122015 to 2026
Recall campaigns14Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins196Summed across model years
Components
Complaints by component
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each Peterbilt 220 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.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2024 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 2022 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2021 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 2020 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2019 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| 2017 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 2016 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| 2015 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 6 | 0 | 25 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Peterbilt 220
- 25V-182 Mar 24, 2025
Cradle harness may have a loose electrical connection that can cause a loss of drive power
Electrical system · 211 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 - 23V-616 Sep 5, 2023
Driveshafts can break under certain loading conditions
Powertrain · 21 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-630 Aug 17, 2022
Software programing may prevent the electric power train control unit from processing stability control commands while in regenerative braking mode
Powertrain · 4 vehicles - 21V-609 Aug 4, 2021
Stator assembly wires may have been insufficiently crimped, causing high resistance, overheating, and preventing the high voltage system from starting
Electrical system · 6 vehicles - 21V-484 Jun 24, 2021
Light kit does not properly illuminate the license plate, shining rearward, instead of downward as intended
Lighting · 89 vehicles - 17V-593 Sep 22, 2017
Castellated nut on the steer axles may not be properly torqued, allowing the tie rod to loosen
Steering · 18k vehicles - 17V-554 Sep 6, 2017
These LFNA trucks have a front axle sway bar link that may come loose on the frame rail end and fall into the path of the drag link, possibly…
Powertrain · 2,975 vehicles - 15V-206 Apr 7, 2015
Each time the cruise control speed decrease button is pressed, the vehicle speed will actually increase by one mile per hour
Speed control · 379 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.