Reliability & cost of ownership
Kenworth T470 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Kenworth T470? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Kenworth T470 problems by model year
43 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 12 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 T470 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2022 T470 | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2021 T470 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2020 T470 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2019 T470 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2018 T470 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2016 T470 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2015 T470 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2014 T470 | 7 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2013 T470 | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2012 T470 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2011 T470 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |