Kenworth W900: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 109 recall campaigns for the Kenworth W900, model years 1975 to 2025. NHTSA has 24 complaints on file for this model line. 32 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.
- 19751
- 19761
- 19771
- 19782
- 19821
- 19831
- 19911
- 19941
- 19952
- 19966
- 19975
- 19986
- 199910
- 20009
- 20019
- 20024
- 20036
- 200412
- 20059
- 200611
- 200716
- 200820
- 200917
- 20109
- 201110
- 20128
- 20137
- 20149
- 20159
- 201611
- 20176
- 20189
- 20197
- 20206
- 20213
- 20224
- 20234
- 20242
- 20252
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Kenworth W900 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 13,100 |
| 2024 Kenworth W900 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3,909 |
| 2023 Kenworth W900 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 53,021 |
| 2022 Kenworth W900 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 58,389 |
| 2021 Kenworth W900 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 5,070 |
| 2020 Kenworth W900 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 487,094 |
| 2019 Kenworth W900 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 568,814 |
| 2018 Kenworth W900 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 656,177 |
| 2017 Kenworth W900 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 610,629 |
| 2016 Kenworth W900 | 11 | 0 | 0% | 686,965 |
| 2015 Kenworth W900 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 663,774 |
| 2014 Kenworth W900 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 590,392 |
| 2013 Kenworth W900 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 587,566 |
| 2012 Kenworth W900 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 591,975 |
| 2011 Kenworth W900 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 579,884 |
| 2010 Kenworth W900 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 482,005 |
| 2009 Kenworth W900 | 17 | 0 | 0% | 490,732 |
| 2008 Kenworth W900 | 20 | 0 | 0% | 513,916 |
| 2007 Kenworth W900 | 16 | 2 | 325% | 35,975 |
| 2006 Kenworth W900 | 11 | 1 | 163% | 44,897 |
| 2005 Kenworth W900 | 9 | 1 | 163% | 41,325 |
| 2004 Kenworth W900 | 12 | 1 | 163% | 47,713 |
| 2003 Kenworth W900 | 6 | 1 | 163% | 15,191 |
| 2002 Kenworth W900 | 4 | 1 | 163% | 10,574 |
| 2001 Kenworth W900 | 9 | 1 | 163% | 5,959 |
| 2000 Kenworth W900 | 9 | 7 | 1138% | 9,726 |
| 1999 Kenworth W900 | 10 | 3 | 488% | 19,216 |
| 1998 Kenworth W900 | 6 | 2 | 325% | 10,265 |
| 1997 Kenworth W900 | 5 | 1 | 163% | 23,393 |
| 1996 Kenworth W900 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 24,010 |
| 1995 Kenworth W900 | 2 | 1 | 163% | 13,214 |
| 1994 Kenworth W900 NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 163% | 14 |
| 1991 Kenworth W900 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 412 |
| 1983 Kenworth W900 NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 163% | 3,100 |
| 1982 Kenworth W900 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3,100 |
| 1978 Kenworth W900 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 4,620 |
| 1977 Kenworth W900 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2,000 |
| 1976 Kenworth W900 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2,000 |
| 1975 Kenworth W900 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2,000 |
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
33 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | 151.5 | 5 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 151.5 | 5 |
| Suspension | 151.5 | 5 |
| Electrical System | 90.9 | 3 |
| Service Brakes, Air | 90.9 | 3 |
| Visibility | 60.6 | 2 |
| Steering | 60.6 | 2 |
| Tires | 60.6 | 2 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 60.6 | 2 |
| Unknown or Other | 30.3 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- T200046 campaigns
- Kenworth33 campaigns
- T800133 campaigns
- T60053 campaigns
- T30030 campaigns
- W900L3 campaigns
- T800B9 campaigns
- T66056 campaigns
- C50049 campaigns
- K10012 campaigns
- W900B10 campaigns
- T600A8 campaigns
- T68059 campaigns
- T88054 campaigns
- T37034 campaigns
- T44027 campaigns
- T27027 campaigns
- T48021 campaigns
- T38019 campaigns
- T28019 campaigns
- T47019 campaigns
- W99022 campaigns
- K37011 campaigns
- K27010 campaigns
- T1709 campaigns
- L7008 campaigns
- T70011 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 W900: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kenworth/w900/. 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 W900 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2008 with 20, 2009 with 17, 2007 with 16. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Kenworth W900 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2000 model year, with 7 of the 24 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Kenworth W900 name?
- Structure: 5 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 5 component mentions. Suspension: 5 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Kenworth W900?
- 4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.