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Sterling Acterra

Every Sterling Acterra model year on file, 1994 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years72 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years191994 to 2012
Recall campaigns41Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins836Summed across model years
By model year

The 2003 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 29% of the model's total

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

00.511.5219941996199820002002220042006200820102012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Suspension leads the Sterling Acterra complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension
3
Speed control
2
Visibility and wipers
1
Latches and locks
1
Lighting
1
Engine and cooling
1
Powertrain
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Sterling Acterra 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 Acterra by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012Not decoded0NoneNone1078
2011Not decoded0NoneNone1077
2010Not decoded0NoneNone5086
2009Not decoded0NoneNone60102
2008Truck10.0100131108
2007Not decoded0NoneNone112106
2006Truck2100.06772104
2005Truck10.06761101
2004Not decoded0NoneNone6111
2003Truck20.0100417
2002Truck10.0100617
2001Not decoded0NoneNone1117
2000Not decoded0NoneNone1716
1999Not decoded0NoneNone709
1998Not decoded0NoneNone407
1997Not decoded0NoneNone205
1996Not decoded0NoneNone105
1995Not decoded0NoneNone105
1994Not decoded0NoneNone105
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Sterling Acterra

  • 19V-370 May 14, 2019
    Vehicles may have an insufficient service brake air reservoir capacity
    Brakes · 741 vehicles
  • 11V-455 Aug 31, 2011
    Intake air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to excessive internal temperatures
    Engine and cooling · 43 vehicles
  • 11V-173 Mar 15, 2011
    Engine software may not react properly to certain aftermarket treatment device fault codes
    Engine and cooling · 50 vehicles
  • 10V-472 Oct 8, 2010
    Engine software may not react properly to certain aftermarket treatment device fault codes
    Engine and cooling · 58 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-322 Jul 13, 2010
    Weld around the igen3 steering shaft tube that secures the spline tube to the intermediate tube may be mislocated (i.e., not fully over the seam…
    Steering · 6,325 vehicles
  • 09V-451 Nov 24, 2009
    Vehicles may be designed with a hard wired, dash-mounted switch that enables the vehicle operator to inhibit aftertreatment diesel particulate…
    Engine and cooling · 101 vehicles
  • 09V-456 Nov 19, 2009
    Heater element in these assemblies may be defective which could cause the unit to create smoke or sparks
    Equipment · 269 vehicles
  • 08V-668 Dec 17, 2008
    High pressure fuel lines and transfer tubes may fatigue and fracture
    Fuel system · 25k vehicles
  • 08V-159 Apr 9, 2008
    Molded valve body has an incorrect core pin in the injection mold causing the valve body to be oversized in the double check valve area
    Brakes · 900 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.