Recall · 23V453000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the FREIGHTLINER E-Cascadia over electronic stability control (esc)
332
Vehicles covered
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Model
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Model years
June 28, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Freightliner eCascadia vehicles. The service brake system may incorrectly calculate the vehicle mass, which can impair the electronic stability control system performance. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 136, "Electronic Stability Control Systems on Heavy Vehicles."
- What it can cause
- An impaired electronic stability control program may have a delayed response or insufficient braking force when activated, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the ABS controller software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 23, 2023. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL978.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FreightlinerE-Cascadia | 2023 to 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 332 vehicles this is a small campaign: 54% 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 2023 to 2024, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2023, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the electronic stability control (esc) 4 times before this, most recently in April 2023 as 23V299000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 25V046000 (electrical system), 23V467000 (power train).
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 June 28, 2023 as campaign 23V453000. 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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