Recall · 21V018000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 9 models over service brakes, hydraulic
133
Vehicles covered
9
Models
9
Model years
January 20, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling 2021 Western Star 4700 and 5700, Freightliner Business Class M2, Cascadia, and Custom Chassis XC Chassis vehicles manufactured with a certain steering arm configuration with air disc brakes identified by the axle assembly supplier. On certain vehicles, one of the six brake caliper mounting bolts on the driver side steer axle may have been incorrectly tightened.
- What it can cause
- The loose bolt could result in the other caliper bolts to loosen. Insufficiently tightened bolts may not provide adequate clamping force between the brake caliper and brake anchor plate, resulting in reduced brake effectiveness, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and repair as necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 17, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-873.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FCCCXCL | 2021 | Not published here |
| FCCCXCM | 2021 | Not published here |
| FCCCXCP | 2021 | Not published here |
| FCCCXCR | 2021 | Not published here |
| FCCCXCS | 2021 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerBusiness Class M2 | 2021 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerCascadia | 2021 | 2021 |
| Western Star4700 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Western Star5700 | 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 133 vehicles this is a small campaign: 66% 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, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, 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 14 times before this, most recently in December 2020 as 20V807000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 9 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 35 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V583000 (service brakes, air), 25V760000 (suspension), 23V299000 (electronic stability control (esc)), 23V208000 (exterior lighting).
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 January 20, 2021 as campaign 21V018000. 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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