Paccar is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 kenworth c500, t2000, t600, and t660, as well as model year 2009-2011 peterbilt 387 and 388 trucks equipped with caterpillar c15 engine and manufactured from may 11, 2006, through september 17, 2010...
Engine & cooling
Peterbilt 388 Engine problems by year
2 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Peterbilt 388's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
Paccar is recalling certain model year kenworth and peterbilt vehicles. A manufacturing defect in the seal supplied by a component manufacturer installed on the output shaft of the exhaust gas recirculation (egr) valve actuator may cause eventual...
Paccar is recalling 4,883 my 2006-2009 kenworth t600, t660, t800, w900, t2000 and my 2008-2009 peterbilt 365, 367, 379, 384, 386, 387, 388 and 389 trucks. Inadequate stiffness of the diesel particulate filter (dpf) bracket could result in separation of the...
On certain trucks built with cummins ism c876 engines, the electronic control module fails to recognize inputs of the vehicle electronic control unit or from a driver actuated dash switch thereby increasing the risk of unintended (or unexpected) elevated...
Latest 388 engine complaints
Problems with (after treatment)codes flashing, check engine, immediately went to stop engine immediately and truck shut off at 70mph. Fortunately not on incline or decline and was able to pull to safety. This happened on two separate occasions. Peterbilt nor cummins has not been able to diagnose the problem until the fuel pump completely failed and took out the engine. Manufacturer knows this is a design and engineering flaw and refuses to take responsibility for these older trucks that still have low miles but...
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are out of warranty. We are personally aware of 5 engine failures in the same time frame of ours..All cummins isx15 motors. These engines are lemons. The after treatment engineering is a sham and the motors are not equipped to handle the strain. These are putting owner operators out of business and are an enormous safety hazard. What is the nhtsa prepared to do about this as the recall due to these fuel pumps should have spanned many more years and thousands more vehicles. Our issue started in 2016 not long after purchase through peterbilt and culminated with fuel pump failure/carbon packing this past week. We were told it was wiring harness and cummins was to cover the cost as no one seemed to be able to diagnose the issue. We have gone from being told it would be a 3800.00 Harness to being told that the truck needs a new motor and fuel/oil pump using the same flawed after treatment (this were the codes that had been appearing that could not be diagnosed, never warning for fuel pump, pressure issues, etc.) For an adtl cost of $39,000 in addition to the service work already performed to no avail. Owner operators cannot stay in business as manufacturers bask in the glory of sales and maintenance profits. Something has to be done. We have been in business for 12 years and now will go out of business and just hope we can sell this lemon. Act now.
2014 Peterbilt 388 car hauler. Passenger side 2014 michelin xza 275/70/r22.5 Blew up. Truck lost power hood was ripped apart. Wheel, door, hood, electrical, air intake destroyed. Waiting for insurance to cover any damage. So far have spend over 20,000$ plus road service. Truck was traveling 73 mph front weight 11200. Tire had around 18000 miles. *Tr
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