Recall Register

Kenworth T600: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 53 recall campaigns for the Kenworth T600, model years 1990 to 2019. NHTSA has 16 complaints on file for this model line. 16 of the 23 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.

  1. 19902
  2. 19913
  3. 19951
  4. 19965
  5. 19974
  6. 19984
  7. 19999
  8. 20007
  9. 20017
  10. 20025
  11. 20035
  12. 200410
  13. 20058
  14. 20068
  15. 200713
  16. 200811
  17. 20095
  18. 20101
  19. 20111
  20. 20131
  21. 20171
  22. 20181
  23. 20191
Kenworth T600: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2019 Kenworth T600 NHTSA page100%48,896
2018 Kenworth T600 NHTSA page100%48,896
2017 Kenworth T600 NHTSA page100%48,896
2013 Kenworth T600 NHTSA page12288%535
2011 Kenworth T600 NHTSA page100%5,831
2010 Kenworth T600 NHTSA page100%5,831
2009 Kenworth T600500%15,456
2008 Kenworth T600111144%41,876
2007 Kenworth T600131144%71,795
2006 Kenworth T60081144%78,297
2005 Kenworth T60084575%75,204
2004 Kenworth T6001000%43,082
2003 Kenworth T60052288%10,599
2002 Kenworth T60051144%13,732
2001 Kenworth T600700%5,829
2000 Kenworth T600700%9,696
1999 Kenworth T60091144%21,693
1998 Kenworth T600400%10,135
1997 Kenworth T60042288%23,379
1996 Kenworth T600500%23,996
1995 Kenworth T600 NHTSA page100%13,200
1991 Kenworth T600300%1,486
1990 Kenworth T60021144%1,074

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

21 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.

Kenworth T600: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Service Brakes, Air190.54
Structure142.93
Tires142.93
Suspension95.22
Power Train95.22
Engine and Engine Cooling95.22
Steering47.61
Equipment47.61
Air Bags47.61
Service Brakes47.61

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Kenworth T600, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2001, with 6 campaigns.
Complaints about the Kenworth T600, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2009, with 3 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Kenworth: all 39 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Kenworth T600: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kenworth/t600/. 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
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
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 T600 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2007 with 13, 2008 with 11, 2004 with 10. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Kenworth T600 model year has the most complaints?
The 2005 model year, with 4 of the 16 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Kenworth T600 name?
Service Brakes, Air: 4 component mentions. Structure: 3 component mentions. Tires: 3 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Kenworth T600?
5 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.