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2009 Sterling 8500 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.
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Latest Jan 24, 2011
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since Jan 24, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2009 Sterling 8500. 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

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EngineFuel system
Filed Jan 24, 2011

THESE THREE TYPES OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 2009 STERLING LNG, 2010 FREIGHTLINER LNG AND KENWORTH LNG 2010 ARE DESIGN TO TRANSPORT LOADS IN AND OUT FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH. THESE THREE VEHICLES HAS A TENDENCY TO BE MECHANICALLY PROBLEMATIC BY CONSTANTLY BREAKING DOWN BUT THE MOST CONCERN ISSUE IS THAT THESE VEHICLES HAS A NORMAL FUNCTION IN TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD WHICH IS DANGEROUS TO OUR PUBLIC. THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS AROUND 200 LNG TRUCKS WHICH THEY ALL SUDDENLY TURN OFF ON THE FREEWAY WHILE DRIVING. OUR COMPANY STATE THAT ONLY A 10% OF THE LNG TRUCKS HAVE THIS ISSUE WHICH IS A LIE BECAUSE I DRIVE THIS TRUCKS AND ALL OF MY COLLIES WORKERS HAVE THESE ISSUES. THESE TRUCKS NEED A RECALL AND NOT WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED IN THE ROAD.

NHTSA ID
10379141
Incident
Jan 1, 2011

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.

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