Recall · 23V237000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 7 models over visibility
57,504
Vehicles covered
7
Models
18
Model years
April 4, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Freightliner Business-Class M2, FCCC Business-Class M2, FCCC S2G (FCCC Business-Class M2), FCCC S2RV, FCCC SC2 (FCCC Shuttle Chassis), 2021-2022 Freightliner 108SD, and Freightliner 114SD vehicles. The windshield wiper linkages may break, causing the windshield wipers to fail.
- What it can cause
- Inoperative windshield wipers can reduce visibility in certain driving conditions, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the windshield wiper arm and linkage parts, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 2, 2023. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL969.
- 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 M2 | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| FCCC S2C | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| FCCC S2G | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| FCCC S2RV | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Freightliner 108SD | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Freightliner 114SD | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Freightliner M2 | 2020 to 2022 | 2021 |
How this campaign compares
At 57,504 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 90% of the 16,739 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 480. It covers model years 2020 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the visibility 6 times before this, most recently in February 2023 as 23V100000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 18 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 8 complaints with NHTSA, 3 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2021, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 19 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V760000 (suspension), 24V668000 (forward collision avoidance), 23V238000 (steering), 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 April 4, 2023 as campaign 23V237000. 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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