Recall · 20V642000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 8 models over power train
4,329
Vehicles covered
8
Models
16
Model years
October 16, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, 108SD, 114SD and 122SD and Western Star 4700, 4900 and 5700 vehicles. An internal component within the clutch assembly may fail, which in certain circumstances could allow the vehicle to move unexpectedly.
- What it can cause
- Unintended vehicle movement van increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will update the software and replace the clutches, free of charge. DTNA issued owners an interim notification on December 7, 2020. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 28, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-865.
- 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 | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| Freightliner114SD | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| Freightliner122SD | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerBusiness Class M2 | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerCascadia | 2018 to 2019 | 20182019 |
| Western Star4700 | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| Western Star4900 | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| Western Star5700 | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 4,329 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 73% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2019, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the power train 25 times before this, most recently in May 2020 as 20V251000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 16 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 39 complaints with NHTSA, 15 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2018, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 24 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V924000 (engine and engine cooling), 23V105000 (steering), 23V073000 (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 October 16, 2020 as campaign 20V642000. 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 2020-10-16.
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