Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1999 Western Star Conventional

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Unknown or Other1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Unknown or Other
Filed Jan 31, 2004MO

I HAVE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM TO REPORT WITH A LOCAL CLINIC INVOLVED IN TESTING COMMERCIAL DRIVERS ON PRE-EMPLOYMENT AND RANDOM DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREENINGS. I HAVE WHAT I CONSIDER RELIABLE INFORMATION THAT THEIR PROCESS, AND PERSONNEL, HAVE BEEN CORRUPTED. I HAVE TRIED OTHER ATTEMPTS AT ENTRY INTO THE DOT E-MAIL SYSTEM TO SUBMIT THIS MESSAGE, BUT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. PLEASE, I IMPLORE YOU, FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO THE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL WITHIN THE DOT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 14, 1999AK

ABS SYSTEM FAILED. ALSO, CLUTCH IS SLIPPING AND VEHICLE IS SHIFTING VERY HARD WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1999 — this page2000Routine
19961310Routine
19950500Routine
19940500Routine
19930300Routine
19920500Routine
19910500Routine
19900700Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.