PETERBILT Complaints

DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER LEAKS VANADIUM PENTOXIDE FUMES AND/OR LIQUID RESIDUE. PETERBUILT AND CUMMINS ARE FIGHTING OVER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. PETERBILT SAYS THERE IS NO SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEMS NOW, ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIM A TEAM OF ENGINEERS IS WORKING ON IT. IT CONCERNS ME THAT THEY SEE NO PROBLEM WITH ALLOWING A CANCEROUS SUBSTANCE TO COME IN CONTACT WITH UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE, MYSELF INCLUDED. *TR

DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER LEAKS VANADIUM PENTOXIDE FUMES AND/OR LIQUID RESIDUE. PETERBILT AND CUMMINS ARE FIGHTING OVER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. PETERBILT SAYS THERE IS NO SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM NOW, ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIM A TEAM OF ENGINEERS IS WORKING ON IT. IT CONCERNS ME THAT THEY SEE NO PROBLEM WITH ALLOWING A CANCEROUS SUBSTANCE TO COME IN CONTACT WITH UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE, MYSELF INCLUDED. *TR

CRACKED FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS. DISCOVERED CRACKED ROTORS DURING ROUTINE TIRE CHANGE. ROTOR MANUFACTURER AWARE OF PROBLEM. DANA CORPORATION, AXLE MANUFACTURER, AWARE OF PROBLEM, BENDIX REPRESENTATIVE AWARE OF PROBLEM. WE ARE HAVING GREST DIFFICULTY GETTING THIS VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE ADDRESSED BY ANYONE CONCERNED.. WE ARE ASKING THAT A RECALL OF ALL EQUIPMENT WITH THIS EXISTING BRAKE ROTOR BE REPLACED. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 15 HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH THESE ROTORS. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1979 PETERBUILT 359 THREE AXLE HEAVY TRUCK SIDEWALLS TIRES BLEW OUT. HE HAD THREE BLOW OUTS WHILE DRIVING AT 40-60 MPH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE HAD BLOW OUTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DEALERSHIP INFORMED HIM THAT THE SIDEWALL WAS SEPARATING. THE TIRES ON THE TRUCK WERE GOODYEAR, KELLY AMOUR STEEL TIRED, 11R24.5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CURRENT ODOMETER READING WAS 2,000 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS OF TODAY HAD ANOTHER TIRE ON THE TRUCK WITH A BUBBLE IN THE SIDEWALL.*AK

BRIDGESTONE 711 TIRE SEPARATED AT 16,887 MILES. *TS THE CONSUMER HAD A BRAND NEW 379 PETERBILT TRACTOR TRAILER WITH ORIGINAL BRIDGESTONE TIRES. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED 2 TREAD SEPARATIONS ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. WHEN THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TRUCK, IT DESTROYED THE ENTIRE FENDER. BRIDGESTONE TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY WOULD PAY FOR HALF OF THE CLAIM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A TREAD SEPARATION ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE SEPARATION, AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS, THE AIR TANK BRACKET OF THE AIR BRAKE SUPPLY FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE AIR BRACKETS, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.

THE LEFT FRONT TIRE ON THE 1995 PETERBILT CONVENTIONAL BLEWOUT. *TS THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE'S LEFT FENDER, FRONT GRILL, LEFT RUNNING BOARD AND POSSIBLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DAMAGE. *NM UPDATED 07/20/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, FUEL LEAKED FROM THE FUEL TANK. THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS ROAD HAZARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

2006 PETERBILT HAS BROKEN DOWN 3 TIMES DUE TO DEFECTS IN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WE GOT THIS TRUCK REPLACE BY PETERBILT IN JUNE OF 06 BECAUSE OF ALL THE DEFECTS IN THE 05 PETERBILT WITH NUTS AND BOLTS MISSING FROM THE ASSEMBLY LINE. MY HUSBAND DRIVES HAZMAT MATERIAL. *NM