Kenworth C500: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 49 recall campaigns for the Kenworth C500, model years 1975 to 2025. NHTSA has 5 complaints on file for this model line. 29 of the 43 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19752
- 19762
- 19772
- 19782
- 19791
- 19801
- 19811
- 19891
- 19901
- 19913
- 19921
- 19931
- 19941
- 19951
- 19964
- 19973
- 19983
- 19997
- 20007
- 20014
- 20022
- 20033
- 20044
- 20055
- 20065
- 20076
- 20089
- 20095
- 20104
- 20116
- 20123
- 20132
- 20144
- 20153
- 20163
- 20174
- 20185
- 20194
- 20201
- 20211
- 20221
- 20231
- 20251
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 5,690 |
| 2023 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 47,500 |
| 2022 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 47,500 |
| 2021 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 936 |
| 2020 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 936 |
| 2019 Kenworth C500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 86,817 |
| 2018 Kenworth C500 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 88,554 |
| 2017 Kenworth C500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 64,488 |
| 2016 Kenworth C500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 117,172 |
| 2015 Kenworth C500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 107,123 |
| 2014 Kenworth C500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 121,244 |
| 2013 Kenworth C500 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 105,743 |
| 2012 Kenworth C500 | 3 | 1 | 860% | 106,023 |
| 2011 Kenworth C500 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 114,904 |
| 2010 Kenworth C500 | 4 | 1 | 860% | 16,474 |
| 2009 Kenworth C500 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 17,517 |
| 2008 Kenworth C500 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 143,482 |
| 2007 Kenworth C500 | 6 | 1 | 860% | 14,252 |
| 2006 Kenworth C500 | 5 | 1 | 860% | 36,354 |
| 2005 Kenworth C500 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 37,593 |
| 2004 Kenworth C500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 40,935 |
| 2003 Kenworth C500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 14,527 |
| 2002 Kenworth C500 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 9,935 |
| 2001 Kenworth C500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 4,916 |
| 2000 Kenworth C500 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 9,487 |
| 1999 Kenworth C500 | 7 | 1 | 860% | 18,705 |
| 1998 Kenworth C500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 9,754 |
| 1997 Kenworth C500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 9,754 |
| 1996 Kenworth C500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 10,371 |
| 1995 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 45 |
| 1994 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 45 |
| 1993 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 45 |
| 1992 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 45 |
| 1991 Kenworth C500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 15,457 |
| 1990 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 15,000 |
| 1989 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 15,000 |
| 1981 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 900 |
| 1980 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 900 |
| 1979 Kenworth C500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 900 |
| 1978 Kenworth C500 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2,900 |
| 1977 Kenworth C500 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2,900 |
| 1976 Kenworth C500 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2,900 |
| 1975 Kenworth C500 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2,900 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
5 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Trailer Hitches | 200 | 1 |
| Electrical System | 200 | 1 |
| Unknown or Other | 200 | 1 |
| Tires | 200 | 1 |
| Wheels | 200 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- T68059 campaigns
- T200046 campaigns
- T800133 campaigns
- W900109 campaigns
- Kenworth33 campaigns
- T60053 campaigns
- T88054 campaigns
- T66056 campaigns
- T30030 campaigns
- W900L3 campaigns
- T37034 campaigns
- T70011 campaigns
- T27027 campaigns
- T38019 campaigns
- W900B10 campaigns
- T800B9 campaigns
- T44027 campaigns
- T28019 campaigns
- K10012 campaigns
- T1709 campaigns
- T600A8 campaigns
- T48021 campaigns
- T47019 campaigns
- W99022 campaigns
- K37011 campaigns
- K27010 campaigns
- L7008 campaigns
- T4008 campaigns
- T1807 campaigns
- COE Series3 campaigns
- K3003 campaigns
- C5502 campaigns
- COE7 campaigns
- Hustler2 campaigns
- K100E3 campaigns
- L7704 campaigns
- T4502 campaigns
- K100 COE2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Kenworth C500: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kenworth/c500/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- PACCAR, INCORPORATED
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Kenworth C500 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2008 with 9, 2000 with 7, 1999 with 7. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Kenworth C500 model year has the most complaints?
- The 1999 model year, with 1 of the 5 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Kenworth C500 name?
- Trailer Hitches: 1 component mention. Electrical System: 1 component mention. Unknown or Other: 1 component mention.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Kenworth C500?
- 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.