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1995 Peterbilt 379 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 Apr 24, 2002
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 17, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 Peterbilt 379. 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

Electrical
Filed Apr 24, 2002
Fire reported

TRUCK WAS PARK INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.THERE WAS A RUBBING BETWEEN MAIN WIRE ON STARTER AND ALTERNATOR RUBBED AGAINST ABRAIDED FUEL LINE, WEARING A HOLE IN IT, STARTING A FIRE. *AK

NHTSA ID
8008544
Incident
Nov 1, 2000
Electrical
Filed Dec 4, 1995

ECM; TERM "BRAIN DEAD" USED WHEN DOWN SHIFTING THERE IS NO RESPONSE OF ENGINE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

NHTSA ID
975950
Engine
Filed Oct 17, 1995

VOLITE COMPOUNDS, STORDID AND TRACES OF TOLUENE FUMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ID
973419

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.

Data sources

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