2015 Kenworth T270 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2015 Kenworth T270, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Other / unspecified150.0%
- Seat belts150.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
I am analyzing a rollover event with the subject Kenworth T270 configured as a tanker truck. The driver's safety belt was configured with an "IMMI Comfort Latch" shoulder belt tension reliever. It appears that this system is in violation of FMVSS 208 sections S7.4.2 and S7.4.5 due to the fact that there is no automatic release of the tension relieving device upon opening of the driver's door or release of the driver's buckle latch. In the subject accident, the inexperienced young driver, whoi had never driven a vehicle with a "Comfort Latch" safety belt tension relieving device, apparently just buckle the safety belt around him, unaware that the shoulder belt had excessive slack in it, due to a previous driver having set the "Comfort Latch". IN the rollover event he was ejected from the vehicle and was killed in the accident.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Seat belts
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners.
From owner reports, verbatim
I am analyzing a rollover event with the subject Kenworth T270 configured as a tanker truck. The driver's safety belt was configured with an "IMMI Comfort Latch" shoulder belt tension reliever. It appears that this system is in violation of FMVSS 208 sections S7.4.2 and S7.4.5 due to the fact that there is no automatic release of the tension relieving device upon opening of the driver's door or release of the driver's buckle latch. In the subject accident, the inexperienced young driver, whoi had never driven a vehicle with a "Comfort Latch" safety belt tension relieving device, apparently just buckle the safety belt around him, unaware that the shoulder belt had excessive slack in it, due to a previous driver having set the "Comfort Latch". IN the rollover event he was ejected from the vehicle and was killed in the accident.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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