Recall · 24V058000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 2 models over electronic stability control (esc)
7
Vehicles covered
2
Models
3
Model years
January 31, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Western Star 49X and 2025 Freightliner Cascadia vehicles. The Electronic Stability Control (ESC) software has incorrect axle spacing parameters. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 136, "Electronic Stability Control Systems on Heavy Vehicles."
- What it can cause
- Incorrect parameters can decrease vehicle stability or braking performance, increasing the risk of crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the ESC software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 22, 2024. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL993.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FreightlinerCascadia | 2025 | Not published here |
| Western Star49X | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 7 vehicles this is a small campaign: 94% 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 2024 to 2025, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2024, 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) 5 times before this, most recently in June 2023 as 23V453000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 14 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V079000 (electrical system), 25V760000 (suspension), 25V603000 (steering), 25V601000 (service brakes, air).
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 January 31, 2024 as campaign 24V058000. 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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