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Sterling 7500 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Sterling 7500 (2005–2012).

3
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2009
year with most recalls

Pick your Sterling 7500 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2012 Sterling 750010
2011 Sterling 750020
2010 Sterling 750020
2009 Sterling 750030
2008 Sterling 750020
2007 Sterling 750020
2006 Sterling 750010
2005 Sterling 750010

All Sterling 7500 recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Sterling 7500, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Engine (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 11V455000 Reported 43 vehicles potentially affected DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA

    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 model engines. The intake air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to…

    Remedy: Daimler trucks will notify owners, and dealers will repair the vehicles free of charge. Repairs will be performed by detroit diesel corporation authorized repair facilities. The safety recall began on september 12,…

    Model years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

  2. Engine and engine cooling

    NHTSA 10V341000 Reported 5,743 vehicles potentially affected DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA

    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 air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to excessive internal temperatures.

    Remedy: Daimler trucks will notify owners and dealers will repair the buses free of charge. Repairs will be performed by detroit diesel corporation authorized repair facilities. The safety recall is expected to begin on or…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011

  3. Quick release valve (service brakes)

    NHTSA 09V220000 Reported 1,460 vehicles potentially affected DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA

    Daimler trucks is recalling 1,460 model year 2009 and 2010 heavy duty trucks and fccc chassis (used on thomas built school buses) manufactured from june 11 through december 16, 2008, equipped with certain haldex quick release valves (qrv). The rubber diaphragm inside the qrv may experience delamination resulting in significant levels of…

    Remedy: Daimler trucks will notify owners and repair the buses free of charge. Repairs will be performed by daimler trucks north america. The safety recall began on august 12, 2009. Owners may contact daimler trucks toll-free…

    Model years: 2009, 2010

Other Sterling models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.