Recall · 22V722000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 5 models over steering
36
Vehicles covered
5
Models
6
Model years
September 28, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Western Star 4700 and 2023 Western Star 4900, 49X, 6900, and Freightliner 114SD vehicles. The tie rod clamps may have been improperly heat-treated, causing them to crack and allowing the tie rods to separate.
- What it can cause
- Tie rod separation can result in a sudden loss of steering, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the tie rod clamps, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed Marc 15, 2023. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL955.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Freightliner114SD | 2023 | Not published here |
| Western Star4700 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Western Star4900 | 2023 | Not published here |
| Western Star49X | 2023 | Not published here |
| Western Star6900 | 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 36 vehicles this is a small campaign: 81% 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 2022 to 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 steering 52 times before this, most recently in June 2022 as 22V405000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 24 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V079000 (electrical system), 25V760000 (suspension), 25V326000 (electrical system), 24V668000 (forward collision avoidance).
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 September 28, 2022 as campaign 22V722000. 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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