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5KJWestern Star trucks

Held by Daimler Truck North America LLC · registered in the United States

WMI 5KJ names 21 models, more than any of the other nine WMIs that decode Western Star. It shares most of its model list with four other codes. Its rules place assembly in five countries. The same rules start at model year 1999 and have no end year.

Models in the decoding rules, by model year

  1. 37001999–2001
  2. 38001999–2001
  3. 48001999–2027
  4. 49001999–2027
  5. 4900E1999–2001
  6. 58001999–2001
  7. 59001999–2027
  8. 69001999–2027
  9. LSVW1999–2001
  10. Warrior1999–2001
  11. 47002001–2027
  12. 57002001–2027
  13. New 4700 Chassis2001–2021
  14. New 4800 Chassis2001–2025
  15. New 4900 Chassis2001–2021
  16. 47X Chassis2022–2027
  17. 47X RHD Chassis2022–2027
  18. 48X RHD Chassis2022–2027
  19. 49X Chassis2022–2027
  20. 49X RHD Chassis2022–2027
  21. 57X Chassis2022–2027

Where the rules place assembly

Plant countriesUnited States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand

Plant locations namedPortland; Kelowna; Cleveland; Charleston; Brisbane; North Charleston; Sahagun; Auckland

Bodies and power

Body classesTruck, Incomplete - Glider, Truck-Tractor

Primary fuelsDiesel, Natural Gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (propane or LPG), Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

Codes with largely the same models

These codes have no page of their own: at least half of the models in their rules also appear under 5KJ. The last column counts the shared models.

CodeHolderVehicle typeModel yearsShared models
2WEWestern Star Trucks Inctrucks1981–200110 of 10
2WKWestern Star Trucks Inctrucks1981–202115 of 15
2WLWestern Star Trucks Incincomplete vehicles (chassis)1981–202115 of 15
2WMWestern Star Trucks Incincomplete vehicles (chassis)1981–202115 of 15

Compared with the closest code, 3BH

3BH is held by a small manufacturer (name not shown). Measured by the overlap of the two model lists, it is the code closest to 5KJ apart from those listed above.

Models in both18

Only under 5KJNew 4700 Chassis, New 4800 Chassis, New 4900 Chassis

Model years5KJ: 1999–open · 3BH: 1999–open

Other codes held by Daimler Truck North America

CodeVehicle typeMakesModel yearsModels
1FUtrucksFreightliner1981–open48
1FVincomplete vehicles (chassis)Freightliner1981–open48
5KKincomplete vehicles (chassis)Western Star2001–open15

All 4 codes of Daimler Truck North America

Western Star under other holders

Models named in each code's rules

  1. 3BH a small manufacturer (name not shown)Mexico18
  2. 3BJ a small manufacturer (name not shown)Mexico18
  3. 5CJ Western Star Trucks IncUnited States10
  4. 5CK Western Star Trucks IncUnited States10

Source: NHTSA vPIC, October 2026 release (database updated October 17, 2026). How the figures are counted: How the catalog is read.