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2006 Kenworth T2000 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 3, 2008
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 22, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 Kenworth T2000. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–7 of 7

Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

LEFT REAR BRAKE CHAMBER BROKEN AT MOUNTING STUDS AND S-CAM BROKEN. DEALER WELDED UP MOUNT ON S-CAM AND INSTALLED NEW BRAKE CHAMBER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240810
Incident
Jun 6, 2008
Mileage
308,737 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

BRAKE CHAMBER MISSING A BOLT AND BENT PUSH ROD. TOOK TO DEALER - POUNDED BRACKET STRAIGHT AND REPLACED BRAKE CHAMBER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240806
Incident
May 22, 2008
Mileage
303,287 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

PARKING BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. TOOK TO DEALER. THEY REPLACED BOTH S CAM BRACKETS AND BOTH BRAKE CHAMBERS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240798
Incident
Mar 17, 2008
Mileage
231,028 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

DOT SCALE IN CA DISCOVERED BOTH BRAKE CHAMBERS ON REAR AXLE WERE BROKEN. TRUCK WAS PUT OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL REPAIRS WERE MADE AT THE SCALE. BOTH CHAMBERS WERE REPLACED. HAD THIS NOT BEEN DISCOVERED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD'VE HAPPENED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240788
Incident
Oct 22, 2007
Mileage
233,260 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

RIGHT REAR BRAKE CHAMBER CRACKED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240777
Incident
Aug 30, 2007
Mileage
210,738 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

RIGHT REAR BRAKE CHAMBER WAS LEAKING. TOOK TO DEALER. FOUND INTERNAL ROD END BROKEN OFF. THEY REPLACED BRAKE CHAMBER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240770
Incident
Jul 12, 2007
Mileage
198,719 mi
Brakes
Filed Aug 22, 2008

ON TWO OF ARE 2006 T2000 KENOWORTH SEMIS, THE S-CAM TUBE BROKE UNDER STRESS OF NORMAL BRAKING. CAUSING THE TRUCKS TO LOSE THERE BRAKING POWER TO THAT TIRE. THESE TRUCKS HAD AROUND 400,000 MILES ON THEM. THIS KIND OF REPAIR IS RARE THIS EARLY IN THE TRUCKS LIFE, AND IS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS IF IT HAPPENS AT THE WRONG TIME. *TR

NHTSA ID
10239398
Incident
Feb 23, 2008
Mileage
376,100 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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