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Peterbilt 579 Suspension problems by year

3 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Peterbilt 579'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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Suspension recalls

Latest 579 suspension complaints

2018 Peterbilt 579SteeringSuspension

Front axle begins popping and making metal to metal noises when hitting bumps and or turning. We took it to the shop and they found the nuts to the U-bolts that hold the leaf springs to the front axle had begun backing off and were out of torque spec. Upon receiving the truck back the front end no longer made this noise. Approximately 8 months later we are hearing the same metal on metal and popping noises that we heard previously. We have also noticed similar year Peterbilt 579's with this same noise and popping so this isn't specific to our vehicle.

Filed Incident Steering · SuspensionNHTSA 11522814
2019 Peterbilt 579SteeringSuspensionWheels & tires

My 2019 peterbilt model 579 has front end issues !!!!!! I have had this vehicle aligned all three axles and on the second occasion just the steer axle. I am on my 4th set of steer tires. The truck came through with 11 r22.5 Goodyear tires they started cupping out at 25 to 35,000 miles I took them off and put on a set of 11r 22.5 General brand tires and hence had the (3)axle alignment done at approx.72 To 75,00 miles these tires cupped out so bad I had to remove them with approx 30,000 miles on them.. I went...

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back to the tire dealer had another set of general 11r.22.5 Tires and had the steer axle aligned. And after 25 to 30,000 miles the same thiing cupped out so bad I couldn't drive the truck safely. December 24 2020 I put on a set of lessar expensive tires at a truck stop this time 22.5 Low profile tires and the same thing they have approx. 30,Ooo miles on them and are cupping out im at a loss as what to do next I'm just about out of band aids and money for this (not to mention my patience

Filed Incident Steering · Suspension · TiresNHTSA 11413621
2022 Peterbilt 579Suspension

I would like to talk to you about my truck issue . I bought the truck peterbilt 579 2022 from golden state peterbilt fresno ca on 03/03/2021. When I drove the truck I realized it was pulling to the right. I immediately informed the dealership about this issue. I drove the truck about 200 miles to make sure there was something wrong with the truck, so I left the truck at the dealership on 03/04/21 to fix it. The company has claimed to have repaired the truck three times since then but the truck has not been...

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repaired. The truck still pulls to the right and is not safe to drive on the road .After about 21 days, the company has not been able to fix the truck or find a solution to the problem. This behavior of the company is causing me huge losses in my business.My brother drove another dealership another brand new truck which is pull right side as well but not like my truck . Foreman told me this problems coming in too many trucks. Can you take action against manufacturing company because they are making truck witch's not good for road safety ? Thank you very much

Filed Incident SuspensionNHTSA 11404394

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