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Caterpillar C12

Every Caterpillar C12 model year on file, 1998 to 1999. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years21998 to 1999
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins10Summed across model years
By model year

Caterpillar C12 complaints by model year

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75119981999
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Complaints by component

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Caterpillar C12 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Caterpillar C12 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1999Not decoded0NoneNone104
1998Not decoded0NoneNone106
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Caterpillar C12

  • 99E-023 Jul 29, 1999
    Equipment description: electronically unit injected diesel engines used in combination with eaton 10 and 18 speed autoshift transmissions
    Electrical system ยท 1,362 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.