Peterbilt
Peterbilt has 43 model lines on NHTSA's register (model years 1967–2027), with 283 recall campaigns and 214 consumer complaints.
Campaigns were most numerous in 2015 (15). The component complaints name most often is tires (123.7 per 1,000 component mentions). The 379 line has the most complaints, 60 over 27 model years.
A further 2 equipment, tire or child-seat campaigns name Peterbilt and are listed on monthly pages. Comparisons here are between Peterbilt model lines; complaint counts across makes depend on fleet size and reporting rates and are not compared.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model lines
Ordered by total complaints. "Per model year" divides complaints by the number of model years on the register, a comparison within Peterbilt only.
| Model line | Model years | Campaigns | Complaints | Per model year | Most-reported component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 2.2 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| Peterbilt | 35 | 46 | 36 | 1.0 | Electrical System |
| 388 | 16 | 30 | 19 | 1.2 | Tires |
| 357 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 0.8 | Steering |
| 389 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 0.5 | Wheels |
| 579 | 22 | 59 | 11 | 0.5 | Power Train |
| 387 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 0.6 | Engine |
| 386 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 0.6 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| Conventional | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | Tires |
| 377 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0.6 | Latches/Locks/Linkages |
| 320 | 37 | 36 | 4 | 0.1 | Power Train |
| 587 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0.3 | Electrical System |
| 335 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0.6 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| 378 | 23 | 25 | 3 | 0.1 | Steering |
| 337 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0.1 | Service Brakes, Air |
| 330 | 25 | 34 | 2 | 0.1 | Service Brakes, Air |
| 567 | 22 | 57 | 1 | 0.0 | Suspension |
| 520 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 0.0 | Service Brakes |
| Model 220 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | Structure |
| Conventional Series | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.2 | Power Train |
| 365 | 22 | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 367 | 22 | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 385 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 348 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 384 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 548 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 536 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 537 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 382 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 220 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 210 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 310 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 340 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 362 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 535 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 589 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| COE | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 325 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 352 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 372 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 389K | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 200 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 300 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Campaigns by year
Complaints by year
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Peterbilt complaints.
Questions and answers
How many recalls has Peterbilt had?
283 NHTSA recall campaigns name Peterbilt vehicles (model years 1967–2027). Units potentially affected across those campaigns total about 1,959,487, a figure that includes other makes where a campaign is shared (Takata air bag inflators, for example). Campaigns naming several model lines count once.
Which Peterbilt model line has the most complaints?
379: 60 complaints over 27 model years (2.2 per model year). Larger-selling lines draw more complaints; the per-model-year column controls for the number of years, not for sales.
What components are reported most for Peterbilt?
tires (123.7 per 1,000 mentions), electrical system (109.5 per 1,000 mentions), engine and engine cooling (98.9 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 (recalls) and 15 May 2019 (complaints).
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Make names are as NHTSA records them. Comparisons are within this make; see the methodology for why makes are not ranked against each other.