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Peterbilt 389 Suspension problems by year

1 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Peterbilt 389's suspension. Broken springs, struts, control arms, ball joints, noises and alignment that won't hold.

Suspension complaints by model year

YearSuspension complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
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Latest 389 suspension complaints

2022 Peterbilt 389SteeringSuspension

Whenever the truck goes over mildly rough road the steering wheel shakes and the tires follow the ruts of the road . When this happens steering wheel jerks out of hand and have to be overcorrected to keep in lane . With the shaking of steering wheel the steering wheel itself came loose one time and was repaired by peterbilt by applying locktite to the bolt.truck have been to peterbilt dealership 4 time and the problem still persists. According to them its normal for a class 8 truck to do this. This is a big safety...

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issue as the truck can loose control really easily Truck was brought brand new and the issue showed up at 10,000 miles. I have video of the issue that i can share which was recorded after peterbilt failed to repair it 4 times and called it a normal steering of a class 8 truck.

Filed Incident Steering · SuspensionNHTSA 11512083

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