1996 Peterbilt Conventional

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels1
000
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly › Mounting1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Mar 13, 2003MI

NAR 03/13/2003 THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WESTBOUND ON OHIO THE TURNPIKE WHEN HIS DRIVE SHAFT BROKE OFF, STRIKING AND PUNCTURING HIS FUEL TANK. XPRESS TOWING REMOVED THE TRACTOR BECAUSE OF THE LEAKAGE OF OIL AND FUEL TO THE ROAD WAYS. *CB *JB

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly › Mounting
Filed Nov 20, 1997PA

FUEL STRAPS ON THE FUEL TANK BROKE CAUSING FUEL LEAK. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

Wheels
Filed Aug 22, 1997VT

WHEELS CAME OFF TRAILER, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1996 — this page3000Routine
19954010Routine
19931000Routine

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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.