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2006 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 Nov 9, 2006
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 Mar 23, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 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

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Tires & wheels
Filed Nov 9, 2006

BRIDGESTONE 711 TIRE SEPARATED AT 16,887 MILES. *TS THE CONSUMER HAD A BRAND NEW 379 PETERBILT TRACTOR TRAILER WITH ORIGINAL BRIDGESTONE TIRES. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED 2 TREAD SEPARATIONS ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. WHEN THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TRUCK, IT DESTROYED THE ENTIRE FENDER. BRIDGESTONE TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY WOULD PAY FOR HALF OF THE CLAIM. *JB

NHTSA ID
10174315
Incident
Nov 1, 2006
Mileage
16,887 mi
Visibility
Filed Mar 23, 2006

WINDSHIELD WASHERS ONLY WORK SOME OF THE TIME. *NM

NHTSA ID
10153512
Incident
Mar 1, 2006
Mileage
20,000 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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