Reliability & cost of ownership
Kenworth T480 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Kenworth T480? 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 T480 problems by model year
48 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 8 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 T480 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2026 T480 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2025 T480 | 8 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2024 T480 | 13 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2023 T480 | 12 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2022 T480 | 7 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2021 T480 | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2020 T480 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |