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2010 Peterbilt 320 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 12, 2012
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 Sep 12, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2010 Peterbilt 320. 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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Brakes
Filed Sep 12, 2012

THE 2010 PETERBILT 320 GARBAGE TRUCK WAS RETURNING FROM THE WASTE DISPOSAL SITE. THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BROKE OFF THE MOUNTING BRACKETS THAT SECURES THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE PETAL FELL OVER SIDEWAYS, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY FOR THE TRUCK. THE TWO VERY SMALL BRACKETS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH HAS A ROD IN THE BOTTOM THE GOES THROUGH THE PEDAL AND INTO EACH BRACKET WHICH PETERBILT CALLS A BEARING. THE BRACKETS (BEARINGS) BOTH DETERIORATED AS THEY ARE MADE OF A VERY LIGHT POT METAL TYPE MATERIAL AND WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECES. THE TRUCK WAS PUT INTO SERVICE IN OCTOBER 2010, LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PETERBILT 320 THAT HAS THE SAME COMPONENTS THAT ARE ALSO DETERIORATING. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND GOT REPLACEMENT BRACKETS (BEARINGS) WHICH ARE MADE OF A HEAVER STEEL TYPE MATERIAL BUT THE BRACKETS (BEARINGS) ARE STILL OF THE SAME STYLE WHICH ARE VERY SMALL AND I BELIEVE WITH THE FORCE THAT A DRIVER USES ON ANY BRAKE PETAL THESE SHOULD BE OF A HEAVIER TYPE CONSTRUCTION AND SIZE. I BELIEVE AT A MINIMUM THAT ALL PETERBILT 320'S WITH THESE STYLE BRACKETS (BEARINGS) SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THE NEW HEAVIER MATERIAL BRACKETS (BEARINGS) BE INSTALLED UNTIL THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY IS RESIGNED TO A HIGHER AND MORE RELIABLE STANDARD AND REPLACED ON ALL OF THESE TRUCKS. I DO HAVE THE OLD PIECES AND PICTURES OF THEM THAT I COULD SEND YOU.

NHTSA ID
10478963
Incident
Aug 23, 2012
Mileage
29,703 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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