Recall · 20V251000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the FREIGHTLINER Business Class M2 over power train
5
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
May 5, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2019 Freightliner Business Class M2 trucks equipped with Cummins PowerDrive EV drivetrains, part numbers 4000EV, 6000EV, and 7000EV. A connector within the wire harness may become unplugged and cause loss of communication between control modules, resulting in sudden loss of drive power and power steering.
- What it can cause
- A sudden loss of drive power and loss of power steering increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Per Cummins, all of the affected vehicles have been remedied. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712 or Cummins customer service at 1-800-286-6467. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-850.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FreightlinerBusiness Class M2 | 2019 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 5 vehicles this is a small campaign: 95% 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 one model year, 2019, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the power train 24 times before this, most recently in March 2020 as 20V176000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 10 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V924000 (engine and engine cooling), 22V919000 (wheels), 21V326000 (fuel system, diesel), 21V067000 (power train).
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 May 5, 2020 as campaign 20V251000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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