Peterbilt 388: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 30 recall campaigns for the Peterbilt 388, model years 2004 to 2019. NHTSA has 19 complaints on file for this model line. 11 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.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Peterbilt 388 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 460,515 |
| 2018 Peterbilt 388 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 460,515 |
| 2017 Peterbilt 388 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 460,515 |
| 2016 Peterbilt 388 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 674,033 |
| 2015 Peterbilt 388 | 7 | 3 | 253% | 682,770 |
| 2014 Peterbilt 388 | 8 | 16 | 1347% | 694,942 |
| 2013 Peterbilt 388 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 699,722 |
| 2012 Peterbilt 388 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 704,386 |
| 2011 Peterbilt 388 | 11 | 0 | 0% | 694,592 |
| 2010 Peterbilt 388 | 11 | 0 | 0% | 703,905 |
| 2009 Peterbilt 388 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 716,584 |
| 2008 Peterbilt 388 | 17 | 0 | 0% | 721,376 |
| 2007 Peterbilt 388 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 235,137 |
| 2006 Peterbilt 388 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 213,791 |
| 2005 Peterbilt 388 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 561 |
| 2004 Peterbilt 388 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tires | 393.9 | 13 |
| Wheels | 333.3 | 11 |
| Structure | 151.5 | 5 |
| Electrical System | 60.6 | 2 |
| Unknown or Other | 30.3 | 1 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 30.3 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- 37933 campaigns
- Peterbilt46 campaigns
- 35728 campaigns
- 38948 campaigns
- 57959 campaigns
- 38734 campaigns
- 38630 campaigns
- Conventional6 campaigns
- 3778 campaigns
- 32036 campaigns
- 58723 campaigns
- 33511 campaigns
- 37825 campaigns
- 33722 campaigns
- 33034 campaigns
- 56757 campaigns
- 52024 campaigns
- Model 2205 campaigns
- Conventional Series3 campaigns
- 36546 campaigns
- 36754 campaigns
- 38525 campaigns
- 34826 campaigns
- 38423 campaigns
- 54822 campaigns
- 53621 campaigns
- 53719 campaigns
- 38210 campaigns
- 22014 campaigns
- 2106 campaigns
- 3108 campaigns
- 34010 campaigns
- 36211 campaigns
- 5357 campaigns
- 5899 campaigns
- COE11 campaigns
- 3258 campaigns
- 3523 campaigns
- 3723 campaigns
- 389K5 campaigns
- 2002 campaigns
- 3002 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. Peterbilt 388: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/peterbilt/388/. 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 388 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2008 with 17, 2009 with 15, 2011 with 11. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Peterbilt 388 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2014 model year, with 16 of the 19 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Peterbilt 388 name?
- Tires: 13 component mentions. Wheels: 11 component mentions. Structure: 5 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Peterbilt 388?
- 5 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.