Kenworth T280

Owners filed 1 complaints across 7 model years of the Kenworth T280. The 2023 drew the most (1).

Model years7
Complaints1
Recalls50
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Kenworth T280 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kenworth T280 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.

Too new to judge: 2025, 2026 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

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 T280 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2027Too new0
2———Routine
2026Too new0
3———Routine
2025Too new0
8———Do not drive
20240
10———Routine
20231
13——Power TrainRoutine
20220
8———Routine
20210
6———Routine

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