Peterbilt 548

Owners filed 2 complaints across 8 model years of the Peterbilt 548. The 2025 drew the most (1).

Model years8
Complaints2
Recalls55
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Peterbilt 548 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Peterbilt 548 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 Peterbilt 548 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2027Too new0
3———Routine
2026Too new0
4———Routine
2025Too new1
8——EngineDo not drive
20241
14——EngineRoutine
20230
12———Routine
20220
8———Routine
20210
5———Routine
20200
1———Routine

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