Sterling Acterra: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Sterling Acterra, model years 1994 to 2012. NHTSA has 5 complaints on file for this model line. 14 of the 19 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Sterling Acterra NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 43 |
| 2011 Sterling Acterra NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 5,743 |
| 2010 Sterling Acterra | 5 | 0 | 0% | 12,270 |
| 2009 Sterling Acterra | 6 | 0 | 0% | 12,320 |
| 2008 Sterling Acterra | 13 | 1 | 380% | 169,170 |
| 2007 Sterling Acterra | 11 | 0 | 0% | 173,834 |
| 2006 Sterling Acterra | 7 | 2 | 760% | 169,017 |
| 2005 Sterling Acterra | 6 | 0 | 0% | 130,762 |
| 2004 Sterling Acterra | 5 | 0 | 0% | 133,546 |
| 2003 Sterling Acterra | 4 | 1 | 380% | 116,934 |
| 2002 Sterling Acterra | 6 | 1 | 380% | 45,243 |
| 2001 Sterling Acterra | 11 | 0 | 0% | 89,488 |
| 2000 Sterling Acterra | 17 | 0 | 0% | 162,141 |
| 1999 Sterling Acterra | 7 | 0 | 0% | 140,737 |
| 1998 Sterling Acterra | 4 | 0 | 0% | 43,019 |
| 1997 Sterling Acterra | 2 | 0 | 0% | 35,953 |
| 1996 Sterling Acterra NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 548 |
| 1995 Sterling Acterra NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 548 |
| 1994 Sterling Acterra NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 548 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
8 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 250 | 2 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 250 | 2 |
| Visibility | 125 | 1 |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages | 125 | 1 |
| Exterior Lighting | 125 | 1 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 125 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Sterling Acterra: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/sterling/acterra/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Sterling Acterra model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2000 with 17, 2008 with 13, 2007 with 11. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Sterling Acterra model year has the most complaints?
- The 2006 model year, with 2 of the 5 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Sterling Acterra name?
- Suspension: 2 component mentions. Vehicle Speed Control: 2 component mentions. Visibility: 1 component mention.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Sterling Acterra?
- 2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.