The defect
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Freightliner Custom Chass XCL, 2017-2022 XCM, XCS, 2017-2023 MC, XCR, 2018-2019 XBR, 2018-2020 XBS, 2018-2022 MBC, MT55, S2C, S2G, S2RV vehicles. The tire valve stem extension for the inner wheel may come into contact with the outer wheel rim opening and become damaged.
The risk
Damage to the valve stem extension may result in a loss of tire pressure of the inner wheel, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will remove the inner valve stem extensions and stabilizers, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 18, 2022. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL912. Note: This recall supersedes and expands recall 20V-529 (FL-861). Vehicles previously repaired under 20V-529 will need to have the new remedy completed under this recall.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Fccc MBC | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Fccc MC | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Fccc MT55 | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Fccc Redundant S2G | 2018 |
| Fccc S2C | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Fccc S2G | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Fccc S2RV | 2022 |
| Fccc XBR | 2018, 2019 |
| Fccc XBS | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Fccc XCL | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Fccc XCM | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Fccc XCR | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Fccc XCS | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
Components: TIRES:VALVE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fccc MBC | 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| Fccc MBC | 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| Fccc MBC | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Fccc MBC | 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Fccc MBC | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Fccc MC | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| Fccc MC | 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| Fccc MC | 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| Fccc MC | 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| Fccc MC | 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| Fccc MC | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Fccc MC | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Fccc MT55 | 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| Fccc MT55 | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| Fccc MT55 | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Fccc MT55 | 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| Fccc MT55 | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Fccc Redundant S2G | 2018 | 0 | 4 |
| Fccc S2C | 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| Fccc S2C | 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| Fccc S2C | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Fccc S2C | 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Fccc S2C | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Fccc S2G | 2019 | 0 | 5 |
| Fccc S2G | 2020 | 0 | 3 |
| Fccc S2G | 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| Fccc S2G | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Fccc S2RV | 2022 | 1 | 4 |
| Fccc XBR | 2018 | 1 | 5 |
| Fccc XBR | 2019 | 0 | 6 |
Other tires recalls in 2021
26 of the 988 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2021 concerned the tires; Daimler Trucks North America, LLC filed 166 campaigns in all.
| 21V993000 20 Dec 2021 | Cruiser RV |
| 21V984000 16 Dec 2021 | Bugatti |
| 21V985000 16 Dec 2021 | General Motors, LLC |
| 21V896000 17 Nov 2021 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
| 21V857000 4 Nov 2021 | Tracker Marine, LLC |
| 21V848000 2 Nov 2021 | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| 21V768000 29 Sept 2021 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 21V723000 17 Sept 2021 | Forest River, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2021