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2007 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 Oct 25, 2017
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 21, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 12 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 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 1–12 of 12

SteeringSuspension
Filed Oct 25, 2017

AFTER RESEARCHING MY PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK I WAS AMAZED TO DISCOVER THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH KENWORTH AND PETTERBULT TRUCK'S! THE FRAME RAILS, THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF THESE TRUCK'S ARE DEFECTIVE RIGHT OUT OF THE FACTORY! A KENWORTH BODY MAN WORKING FOR KENWORTH TOLD ME THAT THEY DON'T PUT ENOUGH PAINT ON THE FRAME THAT IS ASSEMBLED AND THEN PAINTED AS ONE UNIT ! IN HIS OPINION ALL PARTS SHOULD BE PANITED AND THEN ASSEMBLED! I AGREE. I'VE GOT A TRUCK THAT NEEDS TWO NEW FRAME RAILS THAT WILL COST $14000.00 TO REPAIR TRUCK! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! AND I'M TOLD THAT THE TRUCK ISN'T SAFE FOR THE ROAD! THE RAILS ARE RUSTING OUT! WHAT IF NO ONE CAUGHT THIS! I'M TOLD THAT IF IT COMES APART THERE'S NO CONTROLLING THE TRUCK! KENWORTH TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE CHANGING FRAME RAILS ALL THE TIME. THIS IS EVIDENCE TO ME THAT THEY NEED TO BE MADE TO DO A FACTORY RECALL ON THERE TRUCK'S THAT APPARENTLY HAS SHOTTY WORKMANSHIP! THE SAFTY OF THE MOTTERING PUBLIC IS AT RISK! AND KENWORTH AND PETERBUILT SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, THANK YOU AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID
11039682
Incident
Oct 19, 2017
Mileage
1,000,000 mi
BrakesSuspension
Filed Sep 3, 2008

TRUCK PULLED AWAY FROM A DOCK. LR BRAKE CHAMBER LOCKED UP AND SUPER SINGLE TIRE SLID AND THEN BLEW OUT. SERVICE TRUCK HAD TO COME AND BRAKE CHAMBER WAS REPLACED. THIS REPLACED BRAKE CHAMBER IS AVAILABLE AT OUR WAREHOUSE. UPDATE 10/01/08 *CW THE AXLE LOCKED UP. UPDATED 10/02/08.

NHTSA ID
10240822
Incident
Aug 12, 2008
Mileage
214,993 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

BRAKE CHAMBER MOUNTS CRACKED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THREE BRAKE CHAMBERS. (ONE WAS REPLACED IN OCTOBER 2007).

NHTSA ID
10240804
Incident
May 13, 2008
Mileage
198,755 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

FOUND FOUR BRAKE CHAMBERS BROKEN. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ALL FOUR. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240802
Incident
Mar 27, 2008
Mileage
194,002 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed Sep 3, 2008

LEFT FRONT DRIVE AXLE BRAKE CHAMBER BROKEN OFF AND HANGING BY HOSES. STUDS BROKEN OUT OF BASE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240796
Incident
Feb 25, 2008
Mileage
206,892 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

LEFT FRONT DRIVE AXLE BRAKE CHAMBER BROKEN AT MOUNTING PLATE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED BRAKE CHAMBER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240792
Incident
Oct 24, 2007
Mileage
118,115 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

BOTH FRONT DRIVE AXLE BRAKE CHAMBER MOUNTS CRACKED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED BOTH BRAKE CHAMBERS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240790
Incident
Oct 23, 2007
Mileage
186,087 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

REAR COVER ON LEFT REAR BRAKE CHAMBER BROKEN. TOOK TO DEALER. THEY HAD TO USE TORCH TO REMOVE MOUNTING STUDS TO REMOVE. INSTALLED NEW BRAKE CHAMBER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240781
Incident
Sep 17, 2007
Mileage
187,101 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

BOTH RIGHT HAND DRIVE BRAKE CHAMBERS CRACKED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED BOTH CHAMBERS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240778
Incident
Sep 26, 2007
Mileage
99,802 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 2008

BRAKE CHAMBER FELL OFF THE AXLE- WAS HANGING BY HOSES WHEN SERVICE TRUCK ARRIVED TO REPAIR IT AT THE 247 MILE MARKER ON HWY I94 IN WI. REPLACED COMPLETE CHAMBER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10240774
Incident
Jul 14, 2007
Mileage
119,195 mi
Brakes
Filed Aug 21, 2008

WHILE DRIVING TO DEALER LEFT REAR WHEEL BRAKE ASSEMBLY ON FRONT DRIVE AXEL BROKE OFF OF AXEL. HAD TRUCK BEEN LOADED AND NOT BOB TAILING AT THE TIME THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AND ACCIDENT AS THE FAILURE RENDERED THE BRAKE TOTALLY IN OPERATIVE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10239215
Incident
Aug 21, 2008
Mileage
298,861 mi
Brakes
Filed Aug 21, 2008

TWO BRAKE ASSEMBLIES BROKE OFF AXLES AND FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE IN SAFE STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO 6 OTHER KNOWN INCIDENTS IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. THE BRAKE ASSEMBLIES HAVE TO BE REWELDED TO THE AXLES OF THE VEHICLES BEFORE THEY CAN BE OPERATED AGAIN SAFELY. THIS DEFECT IS ON SEMI TRACTORS CARRYING 80,000 LBS GROSS WEIGHT AND THEY DO NOT HAVE SAFE STOPPING DISTANCE TO AVOID A CRASH WITH THIS DEFECT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10239208
Incident
Aug 1, 2008
Mileage
252,348 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.

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