The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2015 Freightliner Cascadia, 122SD, and Business Class M2 trucks manufactured March 20, 2014, through April 10, 2014. Due to an axle manufacturing error, there may be weak spots in the beam of the affected axle assemblies.
The risk
The axle weak spots could cause the axle beam to bend or cause wheel separation, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the axle beams for certain manufacturing dates, and replace the ones manufactured within a certain date range, free of charge. The recall began on August 22, 2014. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-385-4357. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-662.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Freightliner 122SD | 2015 |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2015 |
| Freightliner M2 | 2015 |
Components: SUSPENSION:FRONT | STEERING
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freightliner 122SD | 2015 | 0 | 5 |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2015 | 16 | 18 |
| Freightliner M2 | 2015 | 1 | 12 |
Other suspension recalls in 2014
53 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the suspension; Daimler Trucks North America LLC filed 213 campaigns in all.
| 14V826000 30 Dec 2014 | Dodgen Industries, Inc. |
| 14V824000 29 Dec 2014 | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| 14V816000 23 Dec 2014 | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| 14V793000 16 Dec 2014 | Terex Advance |
| 14V786000 10 Dec 2014 | Ameritrans Bus, Inc. |
| 14V781000 8 Dec 2014 | Halcore Group, Inc. |
| 14V732000 13 Nov 2014 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 14V724000 12 Nov 2014 | Innovative Trailer Design Industries |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014