Kenworth T880

Owners filed 10 complaints across 17 model years of the Kenworth T880. The 2018 drew the most (3).

Model years17
Complaints10
Recalls142
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Kenworth T880 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kenworth T880 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 T880 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2027Too new0
3———Routine
2026Too new0
2———Routine
2025Too new1
9—1Service BrakesDo not drive
20241
7——EngineRoutine
20230
7———Routine
20220
8———Routine
20211
8——Service BrakesRoutine
20200
10———Routine
20190
10———Routine
20183
16—2TiresRoutine
20171
11——Exterior LightingRoutine
20162
15——Electrical System › Instrument Panel › Speedometer/OdometerRoutine
20150
12———Routine
20141
12——Service BrakesRoutine
20130
7———Routine
20120
3———Routine
20110
2———Routine

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