Western Star 4700

Owners filed 6 complaints across 23 model years of the Western Star 4700. The 2020 drew the most (2).

Model years23
Complaints6
Recalls127
Fires0
Deaths1

Which Western Star 4700 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Western Star 4700 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Western Star 4700 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20241
0——Electrical SystemRoutine
20230
4———Routine
20220
8———Routine
20211
14—1Service BrakesRoutine
20202
12——Electrical SystemFatalities reported
20190
14———Routine
20181
12—1Air BagsRoutine
20171
9——SteeringRoutine
20160
7———Routine
20150
12———Routine
20140
9———Routine
20130
5———Routine
20120
4———Routine
20110
3———Routine
20100
3———Routine
20090
3———Routine
20080
2———Routine
20070
1———Routine
20060
1———Routine
20050
1———Routine
20040
1———Routine
20030
1———Routine
20020
1———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.