Recall Register

Peterbilt 385: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 25 recall campaigns for the Peterbilt 385, model years 1996 to 2016. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model line. 17 of the 21 model years have a page on this register.

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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. 19962
  2. 19971
  3. 19983
  4. 19997
  5. 20007
  6. 20015
  7. 20022
  8. 20033
  9. 20042
  10. 20054
  11. 20065
  12. 20077
  13. 20087
  14. 20094
  15. 20102
  16. 20112
  17. 20122
  18. 20132
  19. 20141
  20. 20151
  21. 20161
Peterbilt 385: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2016 Peterbilt 385 NHTSA page10213,230
2015 Peterbilt 385 NHTSA page10213,230
2014 Peterbilt 385 NHTSA page10213,230
2013 Peterbilt 38520213,791
2012 Peterbilt 38520213,791
2011 Peterbilt 38520213,791
2010 Peterbilt 38520213,791
2009 Peterbilt 38540214,195
2008 Peterbilt 38570240,044
2007 Peterbilt 38570240,044
2006 Peterbilt 38550254,598
2005 Peterbilt 3854041,368
2004 Peterbilt 3852031,556
2003 Peterbilt 385301,802
2002 Peterbilt 385203,312
2001 Peterbilt 3855063,334
2000 Peterbilt 3857068,229
1999 Peterbilt 3857069,616
1998 Peterbilt 385307,049
1997 Peterbilt 385 NHTSA page106,623
1996 Peterbilt 385207,093

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.

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Peterbilt 385, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2001, with 5 campaigns.
Complaints about the Peterbilt 385, by the year NHTSA received them.

Other model lines of the make

Peterbilt: all 43 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Peterbilt 385: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/peterbilt/385/. 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 385 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2008 with 7, 2007 with 7, 2000 with 7. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Peterbilt 385 model year has the most complaints?
The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model line.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Peterbilt 385?
2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.