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Peterbilt Conventional Series

Every Peterbilt Conventional Series model year on file, 1978 to 1991. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years61978 to 1991
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins8Summed across model years
By model year

The 1991 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7511978197919801981198919911
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Peterbilt Conventional Series complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Peterbilt Conventional Series 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.

Peterbilt Conventional Series by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1991Not decoded10.0100004
1989Not decoded0NoneNone104
1981Not decoded0NoneNone100
1980Not decoded0NoneNone100
1979Not decoded0NoneNone200
1978Not decoded0NoneNone200
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Peterbilt Conventional Series

  • 89V-190 Nov 6, 1989
    Shaft pitman
    Steering · 1,227 vehicles
  • 81V-053 Apr 20, 1981
    On some vehicles, the rectangular head lamps are wired incorrectly, which fails to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety…
    Lighting · 200 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.