Sterling L Line: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 27 recall campaigns for the Sterling L Line, model years 1998 to 2010. NHTSA has 7 complaints on file for this model line. 13 of the 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Sterling L Line | 2 | 0 | 0% | 31,687 |
| 2009 Sterling L Line | 5 | 1 | 186% | 79,873 |
| 2008 Sterling L Line | 11 | 0 | 0% | 280,210 |
| 2007 Sterling L Line | 8 | 3 | 557% | 294,917 |
| 2006 Sterling L Line | 9 | 0 | 0% | 308,115 |
| 2005 Sterling L Line | 8 | 1 | 186% | 269,860 |
| 2004 Sterling L Line | 8 | 0 | 0% | 209,545 |
| 2003 Sterling L Line | 3 | 1 | 186% | 78,698 |
| 2002 Sterling L Line | 2 | 0 | 0% | 4,301 |
| 2001 Sterling L Line | 2 | 1 | 186% | 9,284 |
| 2000 Sterling L Line | 3 | 0 | 0% | 16,262 |
| 1999 Sterling L Line | 5 | 0 | 0% | 32,582 |
| 1998 Sterling L Line | 5 | 0 | 0% | 16,726 |
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
9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Steering | 222.2 | 2 |
| Fuel System, Diesel | 222.2 | 2 |
| Electrical System | 111.1 | 1 |
| Structure | 111.1 | 1 |
| Suspension | 111.1 | 1 |
| Tires | 111.1 | 1 |
| Equipment | 111.1 | 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 L Line: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/sterling/l-line/. 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
- 15 May 2019
- 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 L Line model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2008 with 11, 2006 with 9, 2007 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Sterling L Line model year has the most complaints?
- The 2007 model year, with 3 of the 7 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Sterling L Line name?
- Steering: 2 component mentions. Fuel System, Diesel: 2 component mentions. Electrical System: 1 component mention.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Sterling L Line?
- 4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.