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Peterbilt 520: model passport

Everything our database knows about the Peterbilt 520: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

4 complaints about the Peterbilt 520 (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints4
With a crash0
With a fire0
Injured0
Deaths0
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Brakes
    median 2,731 mi at failure
    4 100%
Complaints by model year
2019
32020

Recalls

24 recall campaigns for the Peterbilt 520.

Recall campaigns by model year
1997
2000
2005
2010
2015
122020
2025
2026

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.