Kenworth Conventional

Owners filed 10 complaints across 6 model years of the Kenworth Conventional. The 1999 drew the most (2).

Model years6
Complaints10
Recalls1
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Kenworth Conventional years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kenworth Conventional model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Kenworth Conventional model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20031
0——Trailer Hitches › Fifth Wheel AssemblyRoutine
19992
01—WheelsRoutine
19962
0——Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/StudsRoutine
19952
0—1Unknown or OtherRoutine
19941
0——TiresRoutine
19932
11—WheelsRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.