Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery › Cables
Filed Jul 28, 1999TX
BATTERY CABLES RUBBING FRAME AND TRANS EXTERNAL FILTER CAUSED DRAW AND SUPER HEATING OF WIRES AND ALMOST RESULTED IN FIRE. MJS
1996 Peterbilt Peterbilt
Routine
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline › storage › tank assembly › mounting. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly › Mounting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery › Cables | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsLatches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Mar 1, 1999IN
DOOR OF THE REAR SEMI TRAILER CAME OPEN BECAUSE TO LATCH POST WAS BROKEN FROM THE BASE CAUSING DAMAGE TO A METAL POST AT TOLL STOP.
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly › Mounting
Filed Aug 7, 1997PA
STRAP ON FUEL TANK BROK, CAUSING GAS LEAK.
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.