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2003 Peterbilt 379 Engine problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2003 Peterbilt 379's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 33% of all its complaints, most recently on April 29, 2003. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

When engaged the vehicle ran for approximately 15-30 seconds then stalled. The consumer then had to manually utilize the "hand primer valve" in order to restart the vehicle. The dealer has advised that since diagnostic testing equipment did not showing any issues, problem did not exist. The motor was manufactured by catapult, serial no. 69Z70080. *Nlm

Filed Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10017732

Peterbilt 379 engine complaints by year

379 engine problems, every year

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