Recall · 22V817000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 6 models over service brakes, air
219,390
Vehicles covered
6
Models
20
Model years
November 1, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:MODULATOR
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2017-2023 Freightliner Cascadia, 2020-2022 Freightliner Business Class M2, and 2022 Freightliner 114SD, and 2020-2023 Western Star 49X, 2021-2023 Western Star 47X, and 2021-2022 Western Star 57X vehicles. The brake modulator valves on the front axle may corrode and cause the vehicle to pull to the affected side during an Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) braking event.
- What it can cause
- Brakes that pull to one side during an ACC braking event may cause a sudden change in vehicle direction, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the front brake modulator valves, as necessary. Some vehicles will have a software update which will alert driver when a replacement is required. All repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning October 16, 2023. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-958. This recall expands and replaces previous recall 20V-390. All vehicles previously repaired under recall 20V-390 will need to have the new remedy performed.
- 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 | 2022 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerBusiness Class M2 | 2020 to 2022 | 2020 |
| FreightlinerCascadia | 2017 to 2023 | 2017201820192020202120222023 |
| Western Star47X | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Western Star49X | 2020 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Western Star57X | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 219,390 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 95% 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 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, air 52 times before this, most recently in June 2022 as 22V456000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 8 of the 20 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 121 complaints with NHTSA, 58 of them before this campaign was filed. 6 of those name the service brakes, air, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in November 2016, 5 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 56 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V583000 (service brakes, air), 26V079000 (electrical system), 25V760000 (suspension), 25V504000 (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 November 1, 2022 as campaign 22V817000. 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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