1996 Kenworth W900b

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › driveline › driveshaft. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Jan 5, 2011MN

1996 KENWORTH W900- UNIT 1, WAS WESTBOUND IN THE RIGHT LANE. UNIT 2 WAS IN THE LEFT LANE. THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OUT OF UNIT 1 AND TRAVELED INTO THE LEFT LANE WHERE UNIT 2 STRUCK THE DRIVESHAFT. *BF THE REAR END OF THE TRACTOR LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVESHAFT TO FALL FROM THE TRACTOR. ( OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0821-90)*JB UPDATED 01/14/11 *BF

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20250100Routine
20240100Routine
20230100Routine
20220100Routine
20210100Routine
19971000Routine
1996 — this page1000Routine
19930100Routine
19920100Routine
19910300Routine
19900300Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.