Peterbilt 379xl
Model 379xl made by Peterbilt got 4 consumer complains. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to electrical system, interior lighting and latches/locks/linkages.
Model 2000
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 08/08/2001 | |||
| Electric wires on both doors at bottom shorted out interior lights. bare wires were exposed and rubbed against insulation. wires were wrapped with electrical tape. manufacturer was notified. please provide more information.*ak | |||
| INTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 08/08/2001 | |||
| Electric wires on both doors at bottom shorted out interior lights. bare wires were exposed and rubbed against insulation. wires were wrapped with electrical tape. manufacturer was notified. please provide more information.*ak | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | |||
| 1 | |||
| The sleeper is too heavy and causing the doors to unlatch while driving, the body flexed causing hood to rub radiator cowl into nose piece, the cab has been bent 5 times to try to adjust, peterbilt claims to be aware of the problems. nlm | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR | |||
| 08/01/2000 | 4 | ||
| Passenger's side and driver's side doors rattle while driving. driver feels doors are trying to force their way open. driver took vehicle to dealer, and they readjusted the linkage. it has been back to dealer four times for same problem. *ak | |||