1995 Peterbilt 379

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood1
010
Electrical System › Ignition › Module1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire
Filed Apr 24, 2002CO

TRUCK WAS PARK INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.THERE WAS A RUBBING BETWEEN MAIN WIRE ON STARTER AND ALTERNATOR RUBBED AGAINST ABRAIDED FUEL LINE, WEARING A HOLE IN IT, STARTING A FIRE. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed Dec 4, 1995AR

ECM; TERM "BRAIN DEAD" USED WHEN DOWN SHIFTING THERE IS NO RESPONSE OF ENGINE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Oct 17, 199500

VOLITE COMPOUNDS, STORDID AND TRACES OF TOLUENE FUMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20160100Routine
20150100Routine
20140100Routine
20130200Routine
20120200Routine
20110200Routine
20100200Routine
20090500Routine
20080900Routine
20076921Fatalities reported
20062700Routine
20057630Routine
20041400Routine
20033500Routine
20020200Routine
20016400Routine
200012610Routine
19995610Routine
19986240Routine
19974000Routine
19962100Routine
1995 — this page3010Routine
19941000Routine
19921010Routine
19911000Routine

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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.