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2006 Kenworth T800 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 19, 2011
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 30, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 Kenworth T800. 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 1–4 of 4

Brakes
Filed Sep 19, 2011

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KENWORTH T800. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY UNLESS EXCESSIVE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKES WERE PERFORMING BELOW SPECIFICATIONS. THE BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE SINCE RECURRED REPEATEDLY ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES TO BE REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10426275
Incident
Jun 1, 2010
Electrical
Filed Aug 30, 2010
Fire reported

BOOSTER CABLE ROUTING AND CABLE MOUNTING ON 2002 KENWORTH FOUND TO BE CAUSE OF FIRE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10352786
Incident
Mar 19, 2009
Electrical
Filed Aug 30, 2010
Fire reported

BOOSTER CABLE ROUTING AND CABLE MOUNTING ON 2002 KENWORTH FOUND TO BE CAUSE OF FIRE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10352785
Incident
Nov 27, 2008
Electrical
Filed Aug 30, 2010
Fire reported

BOOSTER CABLE ROUTING AND CABLE MOUNTING ON 2006 KENWORTH FOUND TO BE CAUSE OF FIRE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10352782
Incident
Oct 15, 2008

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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