Recall · 21V921000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 12 models over tires
16,676
Vehicles covered
12
Models
55
Model years
November 23, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
TIRES:VALVE
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Freightliner Custom Chass XCL, 2017-2022 XCM, XCS, 2017-2023 MC, XCR, 2018-2019 XBR, 2018-2020 XBS, 2018-2022 MBC, MT55, S2C, S2G, S2RV vehicles. The tire valve stem extension for the inner wheel may come into contact with the outer wheel rim opening and become damaged.
- What it can cause
- Damage to the valve stem extension may result in a loss of tire pressure of the inner wheel, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will remove the inner valve stem extensions and stabilizers, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 18, 2022. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL912. Note: This recall supersedes and expands recall 20V-529 (FL-861). Vehicles previously repaired under 20V-529 will need to have the new remedy completed under this recall.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FCCCMBC | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
| FCCCMC | 2017 to 2023 | Not published here |
| FCCCMT55 | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
| FCCCS2C | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
| FCCCS2G | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
| FCCCS2RV | 2022 | Not published here |
| FCCCXBR | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| FCCCXBS | 2018 to 2020 | Not published here |
| FCCCXCL | 2017 to 2019 | Not published here |
| FCCCXCM | 2017 to 2022 | Not published here |
| FCCCXCR | 2017 to 2023 | Not published here |
| FCCCXCS | 2017 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 16,676 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 83% 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 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
FCCC vehicles have been recalled over the tires 3 times before this, most recently in September 2020 as 20V529000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 55 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, 3 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the tires, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in July 2020, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 14 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V038000 (fuel system, diesel), 24V420000 (fuel system, diesel), 23V238000 (steering), 23V237000 (visibility).
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 November 23, 2021 as campaign 21V921000. 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 2021-11-23.
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