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Western Star's 2025 Star Nation event.
Newsby Lauren FletcherAugust 13, 2025

Skill Meets Technology at the 2025 Star Nation Experience

The Star Nation Experience from Western Star tests skill, showcases safety tech, and celebrates the backbone of vocational trucking.

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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2025

Western Star Recall: Battery Connection Could Cause Fire

More than 21,500 Western Star 47X and 49X trucks are being recalled because of a risk of fire caused by an incorrectly installed battery connection.

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Connor Hudziak at Star Nation.
Articlesby Jack RobertsMay 21, 2025

How an Unexpected Gift Turned a Gamer into a Real-Life Trucker

Connor Hudziak was thrilled when he won a free trip to Western Star’s Bend, Oregon, proving grounds and customer center. But the best was yet to come.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 26, 2024

Western Star Adds Safety Features to its Vocational Trucks

Western Star is now including added safety features as standard equipment on its vocational trucks, the 47X and the 49X. Detroit Assurance Active Brake Assist and a backup safety system are now added.

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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2021

DTNA Recalls Certain Western Star, Freightliner Trucks for Fuel Leak

About 2,843 Western Star and Freightliner trucks are being recalled for the potential for a high-pressure fuel leak. Is your truck on the list?

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Photo Galleriesby StaffOctober 1, 2021

Western Star's 47X in Photos

On Sept. 23, 2021, Western Star introduced the 47X vocational truck, a lighter-weight complement to the Western Star 49X. The introduction extends the Western Star X-Series into entirely new vocational applications.

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Articlesby Jim ParkSeptember 28, 2021

Deep Dive: Western Star 47X

Western Star’s newest vocational chassis, the 47X – introduced last week by Daimler Trucks North America – is more than a scaled down version of the 49X.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 23, 2021

Western Star Unveils All-New 47X

Western Star introduced the 47X vocational truck, a lighter-weight complement to the Western Star 49X.

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