The 2008 Sterling Bullet 5500 has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 2,601 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
AIR BAGS16V4180002016-06-092,601 affected
Defect
Daimler Trucks of North America (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2008-2009 Sterling Bullet 4500 and 5500 chassis cab vehicles manufactured October 15, 2007, through November 10, 2008. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used…
Consequence
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy
Sterling will notify the owners and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. An interim letter was mailed to owners on July 22, 2016. The remedy is now available. Notification was mailed to owners on May 12, 2017. Owners may contact Sterling customer service at 1-800-547-0712. …
Complaints by component
AIR BAGS
5
STEERING
1
WHEELS
1
Total complaints7
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“They don’t want to cover my recalls”
“They don’t want to cover my recalls”
“The contact owns a 2008 sterling bullet 5500. The contact received notifications of nhtsa campaign numbers: 13v605000 (steering), 15v361000 (air bags) and 16v418000 (air bags), however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated…”
“The contact owns a 2008 sterling bullet 5500. The contact received notifications of nhtsa campaign numbers: 13v605000 (steering), 15v361000 (air bags) and 16v418000 (air bags), however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated…”
“Tl* the contact owns a 2008 sterling bullet 5500. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v418000 (air bags) in july of 2016. The manufacturer stated that the parts were not available. The dealer informed the contact that the parts were available and to take the vehicle to…”
“Takata recall, my local dodge dealer refuses to do this recall and my local freightliner dealer has had no success in getting the airbag. It seems like nobody cares that peoples lives are at risk”
“Takata recall we have vin [xxx] that has current recall fl684a-d outstanding. We have had several instances in the past with several recalls not being addressed and/or stretched out over time by several dealers due to redirection of responsibility by dodge and sterling. Currently the vehicle is…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2008 Sterling Bullet 5500 as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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