Reliability & cost of ownership
Kenworth W990 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Kenworth W990? 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 W990 problems by model year
43 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 10 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 W990 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2026 W990 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2025 W990 | 8 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2024 W990 | 6 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2023 W990 | 6 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2022 W990 | 6 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2021 W990 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2020 W990 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2019 W990 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2018 W990 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |