Our shop offers a wide range of services including engine diagnostics, brake repairs, suspension repairs, and more for Kenworth trucks.
Yes, we always use OEM parts for repairs to ensure the highest quality and compatibility with Kenworth trucks.
The repair time can vary depending on the issue, but our experienced technicians work efficiently to get your Kenworth truck back on the road as soon as possible.
Yes, we offer towing services for Kenworth trucks that break down on the road to bring them to our repair shop in Tacoma, WA.
Yes, you can schedule an appointment for a Kenworth truck repair online through our website or by giving us a call.
Yes, we offer a warranty on repairs done at our shop to provide our customers with peace of mind.
Every make fails in its own way. These are the jobs that come through the bays in Tacoma on Kenworth units — T680, T880, W900 and the vocational T800 — running Paccar MX-13 and Cummins X15.
EGR valve and cooler faults, DEF pump and dosing problems, and the derates that follow. The MX-13 is a good engine that is unforgiving about deferred aftertreatment work.
A slow loss that nobody can find is usually the housing or the EGR cooler rather than a hose.
Leaks at glad hands, valves and dryers — the most common roadside call we take on a T680.
Sleeper comfort systems on the long-haul trucks, which fail quietly and cost drivers sleep.
The order matters more than the tool. We pull codes and freeze-frame data, read the history rather than the active fault, and measure before anything comes off the truck. On an aftertreatment complaint that means soot load, differential pressure and regen history; on an electrical complaint it means tracing the circuit instead of replacing the component the code names. You get a written estimate before the work starts, and a road test after it.
Two reasons, and neither is price alone. The shop sits at 1616 E 26th St inside the Port of Tacoma industrial area, so a drayage tractor is minutes away rather than an hour — and while the truck sits, the box on the chassis is accruing per-diem. And we work the trailer as well as the tractor, so a unit with an engine fault and a trailer ABS lamp is one visit and one invoice.
Related reading: Paccar MX common problems.
Call (425) 900-6212 or book a slot. We are open Monday to Friday 8:00–18:00 and Saturday 8:00–16:00, and we run mobile and roadside service across the South Sound when the truck cannot come to us. Shop labour starts at $130 per hour; a DOT annual inspection is $80.
1616 E 26th St, Tacoma, WA 98421
Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sunday: Closed
