Recall · 20V211000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 5 models over equipment
89
Vehicles covered
5
Models
9
Model years
April 10, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2020 Freightliner 108SD and 2020-2021 Freightliner Coronado, 114SD, and Western Star 4700 and 4900 vehicles. The Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) on the certification label may be incorrect, possibly resulting in the vehicle being overloaded. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 120, "Wheels and Rims - Other Than Passenger Cars."
- What it can cause
- An overloaded vehicle can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will update the GAWR labels, free of charge. The recall began May 28, 2020. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL847.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Freightliner108SD | 2020 | Not published here |
| Freightliner114SD | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerCoronado | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Western Star4700 | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Western Star4900 | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 89 vehicles this is a small campaign: 71% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 28 times before this, most recently in March 2020 as 20V180000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 24 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V760000 (suspension), 23V237000 (visibility), 23V105000 (steering), 23V063000 (equipment).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Daimler Trucks North America LLC with NHTSA on April 10, 2020 as campaign 20V211000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2020-04-10.
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