Recall · 22V554000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 14 models over engine and engine cooling
1,375
Vehicles covered
14
Models
14
Model years
July 29, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM)
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2023 Freightliner 108SD, 114SD, Business Class M2, Cascadia, 2023 Freightliner FCCC MC, MT45, S2C 106CAB, XCM, S2RV 106CAB, XCR, XCS, and 2023 Western Star 4700, 49X, and 47X vehicles. The engine control module (ECM) may experience an internal short-circuit, which can result in an unexpected engine shut down.
- What it can cause
- Unexpected engine shut down can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Cummins will replace the ECM, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 26, 2022. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-949.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FCCC MC | 2023 | Not published here |
| FCCC MT45 | 2023 | Not published here |
| FCCC S2C 106Cab | 2023 | Not published here |
| FCCC S2RV 106Cab | 2023 | Not published here |
| FCCC XCM | 2023 | Not published here |
| FCCC XCR | 2023 | Not published here |
| FCCC XCS | 2023 | Not published here |
| Freightliner 108SD | 2023 | Not published here |
| Freightliner 114SD | 2023 | Not published here |
| Freightliner Business Class M2 | 2023 | Not published here |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2023 | 2023 |
| Western Star 4700 | 2023 | Not published here |
| Western Star 47X | 2023 | Not published here |
| Western Star 49X | 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,375 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 62% of the 16,112 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 480. It covers one model year, 2023, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2022, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 37 times before this, most recently in September 2021 as 21V715000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 14 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 23 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V660000 (fuel system, diesel), 26V583000 (service brakes, air), 26V079000 (electrical system), 25V760000 (suspension).
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 July 29, 2022 as campaign 22V554000. 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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