21V882000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
An electrical arc can increase the risk of a fire.
2018 WESTERN STAR 6900
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints0
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
18V191000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
An electrical arc can increase the risk of a fire.
17V761000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
If the brake lights fail to illuminate, there would not be a signal to other motorists that the vehicle is slowing, increasing the risk of a crash.
17V450000
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Failure of the fuel pump will result in a sudden engine stall with no warning, and with no ability to restart, increasing the risk of a crash.
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 WESTERN STAR 6900s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.