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Sterling 9500

Every Sterling 9500 model year on file, 2006 to 2013. 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 years82006 to 2013
Recall campaigns11Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins575Summed across model years
By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751200620071200820092010201120122013
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Tires leads the Sterling 9500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Sterling 9500 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 9500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2013Not decoded0NoneNone1071
2012Not decoded0NoneNone2171
2011Not decoded0NoneNone4170
2010Not decoded0NoneNone9174
2009Not decoded0NoneNone10174
2008Not decoded0NoneNone5074
2007Truck10.0505071
2006Not decoded0NoneNone2070
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Sterling 9500

  • 20V-214 Apr 14, 2020
    Rear reflective tape may be partially covered by the mudflap hanger bracket, which may reduce the vehicle's visibility to other drivers on the road
    Lighting · 63k vehicles
  • 12V-405 Aug 16, 2012
    Air tank mounting brackets may develop cracks which can lead to the air tank brackets separating from the frame rail
    Equipment · 1,663 vehicles
  • 12V-074 Feb 28, 2012
    Pump to rail high pressure fuel line support system used on these engines is sensitive to assembly torque and may be damaged during service work
    Engine and cooling · 103k vehicles
  • 11V-146 Mar 3, 2011
    Intake air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to excessive internal temperatures
    Engine and cooling · 2,073 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
  • 10V-112 Mar 23, 2010
    Daimler trucks has notified nhtsa of a defect in certain model year 2008 through 2010 freightliner columbia, fld, sterling 9500 and western star…
    Engine and cooling · 16 vehicles
  • 09V-428 Nov 2, 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 · 1,726 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-390 Oct 6, 2009
    Fasteners on these fuel pumps could be under-torqued allowing the "o" ring between the pump housing and the barrel to protrude and leak
    Fuel system · 2,726 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.