Recall · 21V965000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 8 models over fuel system, diesel
2,843
Vehicles covered
8
Models
17
Model years
December 13, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Western Star 4700, 2019-2022 Freightliner 114SD, 2021-2022 Western Star 49X, Freightliner Cascadia P4, 2022 Western Star 47X, 2021 Western Star WF110, 2020 Western Star WJ121, and 2019-2021 FCCC XCP Chassis vehicles. The fuel tubes between the fuel rail and the injectors for cylinders four, five, and six may fatigue and crack, which can result in a high pressure fuel leak.
- What it can cause
- A high pressure fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the fuel tubes, and install vibration isolators, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 28, 2022. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-915.
- 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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| FCCCXCP | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Freightliner114SD | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerCascadia | 2021 to 2022 | 20212022 |
| Western Star4700 | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Western Star47X | 2022 | Not published here |
| Western Star49X | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Western StarWF110 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Western StarWJ121 | 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2,843 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 69% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2022, 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 fuel system, diesel 7 times before this, most recently in May 2021 as 21V326000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 17 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 27 complaints with NHTSA.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 57 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V583000 (service brakes, air), 26V079000 (electrical system), 25V760000 (suspension), 25V326000 (electrical system).
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 13, 2021 as campaign 21V965000. 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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