Recall · 20V466000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the FREIGHTLINER Business Class M2 over electrical system
5,374
Vehicles covered
1
Model
5
Model years
August 7, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2017-2021 Freightliner Business Class M2 trucks. The engine harness may contact and chafe at various locations around the air compressor and the frame rail. If the wires are damaged, they may short circuit, possibly causing an engine stall.
- What it can cause
- A engine stall may increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect for adequate clearance between harness and engine, and for any engine harness damage. Vehicles with a damaged harness will receive a new harness. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began October 5, 2020. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-858.
- 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 | 2017 to 2021 | 2020 |
How this campaign compares
At 5,374 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 75% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2017 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 26 times before this, most recently in February 2019 as 19V137000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 5 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 8 complaints with NHTSA.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 20 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V760000 (suspension), 24V924000 (engine and engine cooling), 23V299000 (electronic stability control (esc)), 22V919000 (wheels).
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 August 7, 2020 as campaign 20V466000. 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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