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2013 Kenworth T700 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 Jun 14, 2019
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.
1
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 Jan 1, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2013 Kenworth T700. 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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Body & structure
Filed Jun 14, 2019

CAB IS COMING DETACHED FROM FLOOR AND FIREWALL. WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVER. TRUCK CAME FROM TRANS AM FLEET. SALES MANAGER STATED THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. PACCAR NEEDED TO REINFORCE FLOOR TO FIREWALL AND DOOR JAM.

NHTSA ID
11219939
Incident
Jan 1, 2017
Mileage
500,000 mi
Other / unspecifiedTires & wheels
Filed Jan 1, 2017
Crash reported

I WAS A HARBOR DRIVER THAT HAULED REFERS FROM PORT TO YARD COMPANY TRUCKS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR HARBOR DRIVERS WERE KENWORTHS T700 WITH SUPERSINGLESS TIRES DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE THE MANUFACTURES ORIGINAL TIRES. I WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT IN WHICH I FEEL THERE WAS SOME MECHANICAL ISSUE WITH TRUCK I WAS TOLD TO USE BY MANAGEMENT AFTER DOING MY BASIC INSPECTION EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT I LEARNED FROM OTHER DRIVERS THAT TRUCK KW T700 2013 VIN# [XXX] // [XXX] HAD PREVIOUS SUSPENSION AND BRAKE PROBLEMS THAT WERE FIXED BY COMPANY MECHANICS AND TRUCK WAS CLEARED FOR HARBOR OPERATIONS. IF POSSIBLE SINCE COMPANY HARBOR DRIVERS ARE NOT GIVEN THE WEIGHT OF THE REFERS THAT THEY WILL BE PICKING UP FROM HARBOR JUST THE CONTAINER # AND PIN ARE LISTED ON DRIVER WORK SCHEDULE COMPANY DRIVERS UNKNOWINGLY HAUL HEAVY WEIGHT CONTAINERS SO A SUSPENSION PROBLEM OR TIRE / BRAKE PROBLEM COULD THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVER AND THE COMMUNITY THAT SHARE THE ROADS WITH TRUCKS.THE EVENING OF THE ACCIDENT I WAS BOBTAIL TO THE PORT BUT ON THE OUT WITH LOAD APPROXIMATELY 2MILES DRIVING I FELT THE TRUCK STRANGE WHEN LIKE SUSPENSION OR BRAKES THEN FELT VIBRATION THEN I WAS ON THE UPSIDEDOWN THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT OR INVOLVED. TWO YEARS I HAULED REFERS ROM THE PORT FOR COMPANY WITHOUT AN INCIDENT SINCE NEW LOGISTIC MANAGER CAME HE STARTED INSTALLING NEW TIRES( FRONT) ON COMPANY TRUCKS AND REMOVING RUBBER AIRHOSES FOR PLASTIC HOSES I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS WAS COMPANY ERROR OR MANUFACTURE ERROR ON THE TRUCK THANK YOU. COMPANY DRIVER ICAN SEND YOU PIC IF U REACH ME AT MY EMAIL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10939010
Incident
Jul 12, 2016
Mileage
27 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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