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Sterling 8500

Every Sterling 8500 model year on file, 2005 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years82005 to 2012
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins530Summed across model years
By model year

The 2009 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751200520062007200820091201020112012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Sterling 8500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
1
Fuel system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Sterling 8500 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.

Sterling 8500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012Not decoded0NoneNone1067
2011Not decoded0NoneNone2066
2010Not decoded0NoneNone5067
2009Heavy truck10.0405067
2008Not decoded0NoneNone4067
2007Not decoded0NoneNone4067
2006Not decoded0NoneNone2066
2005Not decoded0NoneNone1063
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Sterling 8500

  • 11V-455 Aug 31, 2011
    Intake air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to excessive internal temperatures
    Engine and cooling · 43 vehicles
  • 10V-341 Jul 27, 2010
    Intake air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to excessive internal temperatures
    Engine and cooling · 5,743 vehicles
  • 09V-400 Oct 8, 2009
    Increased internal grid heater resistance caused by improperly tightened screws may melt the solder on the grid heater circuit board leading to a…
    Engine and cooling · 18k vehicles
  • 09V-391 Oct 6, 2009
    Plastic lines may experience leaks due to fatigue cracks caused by stress and vibration combined with high internal pressure
    Fuel system · 10k vehicles
  • 09V-220 Jun 12, 2009
    Rubber diaphragm inside the qrv may experience delamination resulting in significant levels of air pressure leakage past and/or through the…
    Brakes · 1,460 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.