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Sterling Bullet

Every Sterling Bullet model year on file, 2007 to 2009. 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 years32007 to 2009
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins186Summed across model years
By model year

The 2008 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7512007200812009
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Sterling Bullet complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Sterling Bullet 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 Bullet by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2009Not decoded0NoneNone4090
2008Other10.01005091
2007Not decoded0NoneNone005
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Sterling Bullet

  • 16V-880 Dec 7, 2016
    Affected vehicles have a 220 amp alternator that may develop a short circuit
    Electrical system · 235 vehicles
  • 15V-361 Jun 10, 2015
    Affected vehicles are equipped with a dual-stage driver frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could…
    Airbags · 2,601 vehicles
  • 13V-605 Nov 29, 2013
    In the affected vehicles, the left outer tie rod ball stud may fracture
    Steering · 2,564 vehicles
  • 11V-193 Mar 23, 2011
    Left outer tie rod end may fracture due to a misalignment condition
    Steering · 2,564 vehicles
  • 09V-074 Mar 6, 2009
    Daimler trucks is recalling 46 my 2008 sterling bullet trucks equipped with dash silencer pad that could sag and come in contact with an exhaust…
    Engine and cooling · 46 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.