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1989 Sterling 827 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
4
Latest Sep 18, 1997
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 30, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Sterling 827. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Seat belts
Filed Sep 18, 1997

FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT CANNOT BE PULLED TO REACH THE LATCH. *AK

NHTSA ID
520868
Seat belts
Filed Nov 15, 1996

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH UNDER NORMAL INSERTION. HAS TO BE FORCED TO LATCH, THEN IT IS HARD TO UNLATCH. *AK

NHTSA ID
803747
Incident
Sep 1, 1996
Exterior lighting
Filed Aug 6, 1996

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE GIVE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID
800546
Interior & seats
Filed Jan 30, 1995
Fire reported

SHORT CIRCUIT/FIRE IN MAIN BODY WIRING HARNESS. *DSH

NHTSA ID
490983
Incident
Dec 1, 1993

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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