Kenworth W990Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 0 owner complaints and 23 safety recalls on record for the Kenworth W990.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints0—Safety recalls232018–2027 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Kenworth W990 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the W990 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2027Too new–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls 2026Too new–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 8 recalls 2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 6 recalls 2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 6 recalls 2022Not rated–/1000 complaints · 6 recalls 2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 5 recalls 2020Not rated–/1000 complaints · 5 recalls 2019Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2018Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Kenworth W990 problems

All model years combined: 0 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

23 recalls

Kenworth W990 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Rear/other: webbing26V-674 · 2027 · Oct 14, 2026 · 310 vehicles Front assembly: seat heater/cooler26V-544 · 2027 · Aug 21, 2026 · 811 vehicles Wiring: power distribution module/ipdm26V-485 · 2027 · Jul 27, 2026 · 5,925 vehicles Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel25V-569 · 2024–2026 · Sep 2, 2025 · 18,332 vehicles Lighting control module: software25V-436 · 2024–2026 · Jun 26, 2025 · 56,260 vehicles Electrical system: software24V-915 · 2021–2025 · Dec 9, 2024 · 220,764 vehicles Delivery: fuel pump24V-789 · 2025 · Oct 23, 2024 · 5,690 vehicles Link: connection24V-433 · 2025 · Jun 12, 2024 · 7,410 vehiclesDo not drive Gear box: shaft sector24V-233 · 2025 · Mar 27, 2024 · 782 vehicles Lever and linkage: column shift24V-190 · 2021–2025 · Mar 20, 2024 · 70,509 vehicles Spindle: arm24V-043 · 2024 · Jan 25, 2024 · 68 vehicles Steering24V-044 · 2024–2025 · Jan 25, 2024 · 45,887 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 23 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.