Recall · 22V338000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 5 models over equipment
185
Vehicles covered
5
Models
12
Model years
May 16, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2020 Freightliner Cascadia, 2020-2022 Western Star 4700 and 5700, 2022 Western Star 4900, and 2020-2023 Freightliner New Cascadia vehicles. The Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) listed on the Federal Certification Label is incorrect, which can allow the vehicle to be overloaded. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."
- What it can cause
- An overloaded vehicle can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will be replace the GAWR labels, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 14, 2022. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-933.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FreightlinerCascadia | 2020 | 2020 |
| FreightlinerNew Cascadia | 2020 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Western Star4700 | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Western Star4900 | 2022 | Not published here |
| Western Star5700 | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 185 vehicles this is a small campaign: 62% 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 model years 2020 to 2023, 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 equipment 31 times before this, most recently in December 2020 as 20V756000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 12 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 26 complaints with NHTSA, 9 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2019, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 31 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V583000 (service brakes, air), 23V299000 (electronic stability control (esc)), 23V208000 (exterior lighting), 23V105000 (steering).
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 May 16, 2022 as campaign 22V338000. 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 2022-05-16.
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