Reliability & cost of ownership
Peterbilt 536 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Peterbilt 536? 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 536 problems by model year
47 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 536 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2026 536 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2025 536 | 7 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2024 536 | 11 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2023 536 | 10 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2022 536 | 9 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2021 536 | 6 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2020 536 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |