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1996 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 Jan 7, 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.
0
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 20, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 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 1–2 of 2

Tires & wheels
Filed Jan 7, 2002

BRIDGESTONE, BSR 25, DOT UNKNOWN, 11R245, REPLACEMENT TIRE WITH 10,000 MILES ON A 1996, PETERBUILT, 379. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, NO TREAD WAS LEFT ON TIRE.*AK

NHTSA ID
8001648
Incident
Dec 5, 2001
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 20, 1996

BRIDGESTONE TIRE SEPARATION.

NHTSA ID
507707
Incident
Aug 20, 1996

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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