Reliability & cost of ownership
Peterbilt 385 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Peterbilt 385? 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.
Peterbilt 385 problems by model year
57 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 17 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 385 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2015 385 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2014 385 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2013 385 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2012 385 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2011 385 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2010 385 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2009 385 | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2008 385 | 7 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2007 385 | 7 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2006 385 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2005 385 | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2004 385 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2003 385 | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2002 385 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2001 385 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2000 385 | 7 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |