Recall · 23V537000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled the FREIGHTLINER M2 over power train
205
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
August 1, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2023 Freightliner M2 vehicles. The driveshafts can break under certain loading conditions.
- What it can cause
- A broken driveshaft can separate and cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the driveshafts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 30, 2023. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL980.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FreightlinerM2 | 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 205 vehicles this is a small campaign: 61% 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 one model year, 2023, 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 power train 32 times before this, most recently in July 2023 as 23V467000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 23V238000 (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 August 1, 2023 as campaign 23V537000. 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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