Recall · 25V187000
Daimler Trucks North America recalled 7 models over exterior lighting
1,968
Vehicles covered
7
Models
10
Model years
March 25, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
- The defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2026 Freightliner eM2, Freightliner 108SD, Freightliner 114SD, Freightliner Cascadia, 2025-2026 Freightliner Business Class M2, Western Star 47X, and Western Star 49X vehicles. A software error in the advanced signal and actuator module for the automatic emergency braking system may cause the brake lights to fail to illuminate.
- What it can cause
- Brake lights that fail increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the automatic emergency braking system software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 15, 2025. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is F1018.
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Freightliner 108SD | 2026 | Not published here |
| Freightliner 114SD | 2026 | Not published here |
| Freightliner Business Class M2 | 2025 to 2026 | Not published here |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2026 | Not published here |
| Freightliner EM2 | 2026 | Not published here |
| Western Star 47X | 2025 to 2026 | Not published here |
| Western Star 49X | 2025 to 2026 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,968 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 66% of the 18,527 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 471. It covers model years 2025 to 2026, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2025, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 26 times before this, most recently in March 2023 as 23V208000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 19 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V660000 (fuel system, diesel), 26V635000 (structure), 26V475000 (exterior lighting), 26V079000 (electrical system).
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 March 25, 2025 as campaign 25V187000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes. Data last checked 2025-03-25.
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