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2000 Kenworth T800B Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Nov 3, 2001
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Kenworth T800B, 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

  • Interior & seats1100.0%

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

Interior & seats

Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

TRACTOR NAN FULLY LOADED BELLY DUMP TRAILER WERE DESCENDING AN APPROX. 11% GRADE ON GRAVEL HAUL ROAD WHEN ENGINE QUIT. WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR ENGINE BRAKES, TRUCK LEFT THE ROAD AND DROPPED DOWN A 50+ FT. EMBANKMENT, ENDING UP ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAB, INVERTED, IN AN ICY STREAM. THE CAB BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE. INJURED DRIVER ABLE TO PUSH OUT CORNER OF WINDSHIELD AND ESCAPE BEFORE CAB CAUGHT FIRE. INVESTIGATION AFTER RECOVERY OF TRACTOR FOUND TWO WIRES GROUNDED OUT IN CIRCUIT TO TURN SIGNALS AND RADIOS. LOCATION IN TELESCOPING STEERING COLUMN, AT ANGLE FOR ADJUSTING WHEEL. WIRES PINCHED, INSULATION RUBBED OFF, AND WIRES GROUNDED OUT, STARTING FIRE. SITE IN AREA COVERED BY COWLING, NOT VISIBLE. IN AN AREA NOT REQUIRING MAINTENANCE OR OTHER WORK. TRACTOR HAD SHORTING OF THIS CIRCUIT RECURRENT FROM DAY OF PURCHASE. ATTEMPTS TO FIX BY KENWORTH UNSUCCESSFUL. PRIOR ENGINE STOPPAGES WERE TEMPORARY; ENGINE WOULD RESTART, TRACTOR TAKEN FOR REPAIR. THIS TIME ENGINE DID NOT RESTART. COMPUTER ON ENGINE DESIGNED TO QUIT WITH ENGINE OR ELECT. PROBLEM. IT DID. LOCAL KW UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. ARE THERE ANY OTHER REPORTS OF CAB FIRES LIKE THIS? IS THERE ANY CONNECTION TO '98 RECALL OF KWS WITH CAT ENGINES 3406E?*AK

NHTSA ID 754055 · filed Nov 3, 2001

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

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