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Workhorse W21

Every Workhorse W21 model year on file, 2001 to 2008. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years31 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years82001 to 2008
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 2001 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751200112002200320042005200620072008
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Workhorse W21 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
3
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Workhorse W21 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.

Workhorse W21 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2008Not decoded0NoneNone100
2007Not decoded0NoneNone100
2006Other1100.050100
2005Other10.050100
2004Not decoded0NoneNone100
2003Not decoded0NoneNone100
2002Not decoded0NoneNone100
2001Other10.050100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Workhorse W21

  • 09V-110 Apr 3, 2009
    When combined with occasional or seasonal vehicle operation may experience calipers sticking in the applied position
    Brakes ยท 49k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.