Recall · 24V093000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 3 models over steering
11
Vehicles covered
3
Models
3
Model years
February 8, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2024 FCCC MT45G, MT45, and Freightliner Cascadia vehicles. The steering gear assemblies may have been assembled incorrectly with fewer recirculating balls than are required, which may result in a loss of steering control.
- What it can cause
- A loss of steering control increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the steering gears, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 5, 2024. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000. DTNA's number for the recall is FL995.
- 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.safercar.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 MT45 | 2024 | Not published here |
| FCCC MT45G | 2024 | Not published here |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2024 | 2024 |
How this campaign compares
At 11 vehicles this is a small campaign: 91% of the 17,486 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one are as large or larger. The middle campaign among them covers 476. It covers one model year, 2024, 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 steering 55 times before this, most recently in April 2023 as 23V238000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA. 2 of those name the steering, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 26V736000 (equipment), 23V299000 (electronic stability control (esc)).
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 February 8, 2024 as campaign 24V093000. 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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