Recall Register

Kenworth T800: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 133 recall campaigns for the Kenworth T800, model years 1987 to 2025. NHTSA has 21 complaints on file for this model line. 33 of the 39 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. 19872
  2. 19882
  3. 19893
  4. 19903
  5. 19914
  6. 19921
  7. 19931
  8. 19943
  9. 19955
  10. 19968
  11. 19979
  12. 19988
  13. 199912
  14. 200010
  15. 200110
  16. 20026
  17. 20037
  18. 200412
  19. 200512
  20. 200613
  21. 200720
  22. 200825
  23. 200919
  24. 201011
  25. 201113
  26. 201210
  27. 20138
  28. 201412
  29. 201512
  30. 201612
  31. 20178
  32. 201811
  33. 20198
  34. 20209
  35. 20211
  36. 20221
  37. 20231
  38. 20244
  39. 20251
Kenworth T800: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2025 Kenworth T800 NHTSA page100%5,690
2024 Kenworth T800400%4,913
2023 Kenworth T800 NHTSA page100%936
2022 Kenworth T800 NHTSA page100%936
2021 Kenworth T800 NHTSA page100%936
2020 Kenworth T800900%488,790
2019 Kenworth T800800%569,426
2018 Kenworth T8001100%656,812
2017 Kenworth T800800%610,854
2016 Kenworth T8001200%686,660
2015 Kenworth T8001200%662,186
2014 Kenworth T8001200%590,449
2013 Kenworth T800800%587,589
2012 Kenworth T8001000%592,209
2011 Kenworth T8001300%580,214
2010 Kenworth T8001100%485,218
2009 Kenworth T800192371%490,876
2008 Kenworth T8002500%526,157
2007 Kenworth T800201186%76,007
2006 Kenworth T800133557%83,658
2005 Kenworth T800122371%80,105
2004 Kenworth T800121186%47,713
2003 Kenworth T80071186%15,236
2002 Kenworth T800600%13,777
2001 Kenworth T8001000%6,004
2000 Kenworth T800101186%9,771
1999 Kenworth T800124743%21,868
1998 Kenworth T80081186%10,328
1997 Kenworth T80091186%23,483
1996 Kenworth T800800%24,073
1995 Kenworth T80052371%16,926
1994 Kenworth T80032371%3,708
1993 Kenworth T800 NHTSA page100%45
1992 Kenworth T800 NHTSA page100%45
1991 Kenworth T800400%15,534
1990 Kenworth T800300%20,700
1989 Kenworth T800300%21,701
1988 Kenworth T800200%1,361
1987 Kenworth T800200%949

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

36 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 T800: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Electrical System166.76
Engine and Engine Cooling111.14
Equipment111.14
Steering83.33
Power Train83.33
Suspension83.33
Tires55.62
Service Brakes, Air55.62
Unknown or Other55.62
Structure55.62

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Kenworth T800, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2008, with 12 campaigns.
Complaints about the Kenworth T800, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 6 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Kenworth: all 39 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Kenworth T800: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kenworth/t800/. 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
29 Mar 2018
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 T800 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2008 with 25, 2007 with 20, 2009 with 19. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Kenworth T800 model year has the most complaints?
The 1999 model year, with 4 of the 21 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Kenworth T800 name?
Electrical System: 6 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 4 component mentions. Equipment: 4 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Kenworth T800?
4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.