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2008 Kenworth T600 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 19, 2015
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 Oct 19, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2008 Kenworth T600. 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

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Engine
Filed Oct 19, 2015
Fire reported

MY TRUCKE HAD BEEN SHUT OFF AT 10:00-10:15PM AND THE FIRE STARTED SOMETIME BETWEEIN 2:00-2:1AM.WHEN I WOKE UP AND LOOKED OUT AT THE HOOD, 2 FOOT FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD ENGINE SIDE OF THE FIRE WALL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. MOTOR WAS SHUT OFF AND NOTHING ELSE WAS RUNNING. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE REGEN. MOTOR WAS A 550 CATERPILLAR IN A 2008 KW STUDIO SLEEPER MA 10/19/2015 UPDATED 4/27/18*JB *TR

NHTSA ID
10806839
Incident
Jun 6, 2015
Mileage
812,000 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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