Recall · 20V807000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 6 models over service brakes, hydraulic
80
Vehicles covered
6
Models
6
Model years
December 21, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2021 Freightliner Custom Chassis MC, Business Class M2, Custom Chassis MBC Chassis, Custom Chassis S2 Chassis, Custom Chassis MT55 Chassis, and 2022 Custom Chassis Saf-T-Liner C2 vehicles. The hydraulic caliper tie bar support fasteners on the steer axles may not have been properly tightened or the tie bar may have not been installed in some cases.
- What it can cause
- A dangling tie bar could come in contact with the rotating wheel-end components or damage may occur from the brake parts flexing. Either scenario may increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect both steer axle wheel-ends to make sure that the four tie bar mounting fasteners are properly tightened. If the required tie bar is missing, the caliper anchor mounts and functionality (brake pad slide pins and pad movement) will be inspected before installing a tie bar. All repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began February 18, 2021. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-871.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FCCC MBC | 2021 | Not published here |
| FCCC MC | 2021 | Not published here |
| FCCC MT55 | 2021 | Not published here |
| FCCC S2 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Freightliner Business Class M2 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 | 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 80 vehicles this is a small campaign: 74% of the 14,584 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one are as large or larger. The middle campaign among them covers 491. It covers model years 2021 to 2022, 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 service brakes, hydraulic 12 times before this, most recently in May 2018 as 18V353000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 26 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V760000 (suspension), 24V555000 (equipment), 23V670000 (structure), 23V669000 (structure).
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 December 21, 2020 as campaign 20V807000. 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 2020-12-21.
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