Kenworth T800
Owners filed 33 complaints across 36 model years of the Kenworth T800. The 2006 drew the most (4).
Which Kenworth T800 years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kenworth T800 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. 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 T800 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Too new | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2020 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2019 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2018 | 1 | 11 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2017 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2016 | 1 | 12 | — | 1 | Tires | Routine | |
| 2015 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2014 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2013 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2012 | 1 | 10 | — | — | Visibility | Routine | |
| 2011 | 1 | 13 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2010 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2009 | 2 | 19 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2008 | 1 | 25 | — | — | Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly | Routine | |
| 2007 | 1 | 21 | — | — | Trailer Hitches › Fifth Wheel Assembly | Routine | |
| 2006 | 4 | 13 | 3 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2005 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 2004 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2003 | 1 | 7 | — | — | Exterior Lighting › Headlights | Routine | |
| 2002 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2001 | 1 | 10 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2000 | 1 | 10 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 1999 | 4 | 12 | — | — | Suspension › Front | Routine | |
| 1998 | 1 | 8 | — | — | Service Brakes, Air › Antilock | Routine | |
| 1997 | 1 | 9 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System | Routine | |
| 1996 | 1 | 8 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 1995 | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | Steering › Linkages | Routine | |
| 1994 | 2 | 3 | — | — | Tires | Routine | |
| 1993 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 1991 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 1990 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.