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1999 Kenworth W900 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 Nov 27, 2001
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.
0
Reports on file since Oct 23, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Kenworth W900. 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 1–3 of 3

Body & structureEngineVisibility
Filed Nov 27, 2001

FRAME RAIL UNDER HOOD FLEXES TOO MUCH. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE HOOD COMES UP. WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD VEHICLE FEELS AS THOUGH ITS GOING TURN OVER WHEN CHANGING LANES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT NEW HOOD CRACKED AT THE SAME PLACE AND IS NOW FLEXING MORE, ALSO STRESS CRACKS IN RIGHT WINDSHIELD, CONSUMER STATES CONCERN WITH MOTOR MOUNTS. *TT

NHTSA ID
899541
Brakes
Filed Oct 22, 2001
Fire reported

WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT REAR TANDEM BRAKE LOCKED UP AND CAUGHT FIRE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM

NHTSA ID
563741
Incident
Aug 25, 2001
Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 23, 2000

TIRES ARE WEARING OUT FAST, CONSUMER HAS PUT THREE SETS OF TIRES ON VEHICLE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.*AK

NHTSA ID
873614
Incident
Oct 18, 2000

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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