By model year
Kenworth C500 complaints by model year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Model line
Kenworth C500
Every Kenworth C500 model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years112015 to 2025
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins151Summed across model years
Components
Complaints by component
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each Kenworth C500 model year
Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2022 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2021 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 2018 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| 2017 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| 2016 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| 2015 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 15 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Kenworth C500
- 24V-789 Oct 23, 2024
Fuel pump barrels may fracture and cause a fuel leak, which can result in an engine stall
Fuel system · 5,690 vehicles - 24V-145 Feb 23, 2024
Air tanks have an insufficient volume of air for the brake system
Brakes · 936 vehicles - 22V-547 Jul 28, 2022
Steering gears may have been assembled incorrectly, which can cause the gears to fracture
Steering · 48k vehicles - 18V-931 Dec 21, 2018
Internal component in the clutch assembly may fail, possibly resulting in unintended vehicle movement
Powertrain · 26k vehicles - 18V-657 Sep 21, 2018
In certain driving conditions, such as on a long down-hill grade, the fuel line may burst if the fuel pump cooling circuit screen becomes restricted
Engine and cooling · 49k vehicles - 18V-555 Aug 22, 2018
Engine harnesses may have been manufactured without check engine light (CEL) and stop engine light (SEL) circuits, preventing the driver from…
Electrical system · 11k vehicles - 17V-443 Jul 13, 2017
These engines have a fuel pump whose drive gear could possibly slip on its drive shaft, causing a fuel pump function loss, resulting in an engine…
Fuel system · 1,737 vehicles - 16V-426 Jun 10, 2016
Affected vehicles are equipped with Cummins ISX12 or ISX15 engines and have an engine control module (ECM) that may short circuit, causing the…
Electrical system · 3,227 vehicles - 15V-271 May 8, 2015
In the affected trucks, water may leak into the wiper motor
Visibility and wipers · 105k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.