Daimler trucks north america is recalling certain model year 2005 through 2012 freightliner m2, sterling acterra, 7500 & 8500, and thomas built hdx vehicles manufactured from june 23, 2004, through march 15, 2011, equipped with specific mbe900 epa04 and epa07...
Engine & cooling
Sterling 8500 Engine problems by year
1 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Sterling 8500's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
Daimler trucks is recalling certain model year 2007 through 2011 freightliner, fccc, sterling, and western star heavy trucks manufactured from september 5, 2006, through june 30, 2010, equipped with specific mbe900 epa04 and epa07 model engines. The intake...
Daimler trucks is recalling model year 2007-2010 freightliner, sterling and western star vehicles equipped with detroit diesel dd15 epa07 engines which were manufactured with grid heaters. Increased internal grid heater resistance caused by improperly...
Latest 8500 engine complaints
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...
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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.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data