Recall Register

Peterbilt 386: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 30 recall campaigns for the Peterbilt 386, model years 2004 to 2019. NHTSA has 10 complaints on file for this model line. 15 of the 16 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. 20041
  2. 20054
  3. 20062
  4. 20078
  5. 200814
  6. 200910
  7. 20105
  8. 20116
  9. 20127
  10. 20136
  11. 20145
  12. 20153
  13. 20165
  14. 20173
  15. 20182
  16. 20192
Peterbilt 386: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2019 Peterbilt 386200%509,411
2018 Peterbilt 386200%509,411
2017 Peterbilt 386300%511,457
2016 Peterbilt 386500%480,388
2015 Peterbilt 386300%462,297
2014 Peterbilt 386500%474,484
2013 Peterbilt 38661160%480,666
2012 Peterbilt 386700%485,330
2011 Peterbilt 38661160%467,829
2010 Peterbilt 38651160%475,648
2009 Peterbilt 386101160%491,822
2008 Peterbilt 386144640%513,752
2007 Peterbilt 38681160%31,784
2006 Peterbilt 386200%10,132
2005 Peterbilt 38641160%10,683
2004 Peterbilt 386 NHTSA page100%561

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

12 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 386: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling416.75
Electrical System166.72
Unknown or Other166.72
Service Brakes, Air83.31
Visibility83.31
Engine83.31

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Peterbilt 386, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2007, with 6 campaigns.
Complaints about the Peterbilt 386, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2008, with 4 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Peterbilt: all 43 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Peterbilt 386: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/peterbilt/386/. 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 386 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2008 with 14, 2009 with 10, 2007 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Peterbilt 386 model year has the most complaints?
The 2008 model year, with 4 of the 10 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Peterbilt 386 name?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 5 component mentions. Electrical System: 2 component mentions. Unknown or Other: 2 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Peterbilt 386?
4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.