Recall Register

Peterbilt 320: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 36 recall campaigns for the Peterbilt 320, model years 1987 to 2023. NHTSA has 4 complaints on file for this model line. 23 of the 37 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. 19871
  2. 19882
  3. 19893
  4. 19901
  5. 19911
  6. 19921
  7. 19931
  8. 19941
  9. 19951
  10. 19961
  11. 19971
  12. 19981
  13. 19996
  14. 20006
  15. 20012
  16. 20022
  17. 20032
  18. 20041
  19. 20052
  20. 20061
  21. 20073
  22. 20088
  23. 20094
  24. 20104
  25. 20113
  26. 20125
  27. 20135
  28. 20146
  29. 20159
  30. 20165
  31. 20176
  32. 20184
  33. 20194
  34. 20204
  35. 20212
  36. 20221
  37. 20231
Peterbilt 320: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2023 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%15,658
2022 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%15,658
2021 Peterbilt 320200%16,679
2020 Peterbilt 320400%17,255
2019 Peterbilt 320400%17,255
2018 Peterbilt 320400%17,255
2017 Peterbilt 320600%20,486
2016 Peterbilt 320500%34,992
2015 Peterbilt 320900%33,122
2014 Peterbilt 32061925%24,706
2013 Peterbilt 320500%28,205
2012 Peterbilt 32051925%30,903
2011 Peterbilt 320300%10,307
2010 Peterbilt 32041925%10,324
2009 Peterbilt 320400%10,367
2008 Peterbilt 320800%9,458
2007 Peterbilt 320300%604
2006 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
2005 Peterbilt 320200%1,369
2004 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
2003 Peterbilt 320200%344
2002 Peterbilt 320200%359
2001 Peterbilt 320200%2,645
2000 Peterbilt 320600%9,015
1999 Peterbilt 320600%15,017
1998 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
1997 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
1996 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
1995 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
1994 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
1993 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
1992 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
1991 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
1990 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%343
1989 Peterbilt 32031925%1,930
1988 Peterbilt 320200%1,874
1987 Peterbilt 320 NHTSA page100%1,305

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.

Peterbilt 320: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Power Train2001
Service Brakes, Hydraulic2001
Unknown or Other2001
Steering2001
Suspension2001

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Peterbilt 320, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2001, with 4 campaigns.
Complaints about the Peterbilt 320, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2018, with 2 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Peterbilt: all 43 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Peterbilt 320: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/peterbilt/320/. 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 Peterbilt 320 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2015 with 9, 2008 with 8, 2017 with 6. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Peterbilt 320 model year has the most complaints?
The 1989 model year, with 1 of the 4 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Peterbilt 320 name?
Power Train: 1 component mention. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 1 component mention. Unknown or Other: 1 component mention.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Peterbilt 320?
3 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.