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2006 Western Star 4900 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 Dec 11, 2006
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 Dec 11, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2006 Western Star 4900. 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.

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Filed Dec 11, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS IN RAINY WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WASHER/WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO WORK WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2006 WESTERN STAR, MODEL 49OOEX TRACTOR TRAILER. *AK UPDATED 1/19/2007 - ON DEC 21, 2006 THE DEALER RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE FACTORY AREA REP TO MAKE REPAIR AFTER THE REP WAS TOLD OF THE REPORT AND ONE TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. *NM

NHTSA ID
10175768
Incident
Dec 11, 2006
Mileage
157,565 mi

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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