Sterling 8500
Owners filed 1 complaints across 8 model years of the Sterling 8500. The 2009 drew the most (1); the 2012 the fewest (0).
Model years8
Complaints1
Recalls24
Fires0
Deaths0
Which Sterling 8500 years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2009 is the weakest year on record, with 1 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling. It carries 5 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.