The defect
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain short wheelbase 2020-2024 Freightliner Cascadia, 2021-2024 Freightliner M2 Business Class, 2022 Western Star 4700, and 2020 Freightliner Classic Cascadia vehicles. The vehicle is equipped with an electronic stability control system and tire combination that may understeer during a J-turn. 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."
The risk
Understeering during a J-turn may increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will replace the tires, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 19, 2023. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL971.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Freightliner Business Class M2 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Freightliner Classic Cascadia | 2020 |
| Western Star 4700 | 2022 |
Components: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
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 Business Class M2 | 2021 | 2 | 14 |
| Freightliner Business Class M2 | 2022 | 1 | 10 |
| Freightliner Business Class M2 | 2023 | 1 | 8 |
| Freightliner Business Class M2 | 2024 | 0 | 8 |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2020 | 26 | 21 |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2021 | 16 | 21 |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2022 | 13 | 19 |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2023 | 12 | 7 |
| Freightliner Cascadia | 2024 | 14 | 2 |
| Freightliner Classic Cascadia | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Western Star 4700 | 2022 | 0 | 8 |
Other electronic stability control (esc) recalls in 2023
10 of the 894 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2023 concerned the electronic stability control (esc); Daimler Trucks North America, LLC filed 166 campaigns in all.
| 23V807000 1 Dec 2023 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| 23V801000 28 Nov 2023 | Ford Motor Company |
| 23V691000 13 Oct 2023 | Mack Trucks, Inc. |
| 23V689000 13 Oct 2023 | Volvo Trucks North America |
| 23V461000 30 Jun 2023 | Mobility Ventures LLC |
| 23V453000 28 Jun 2023 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
| 23V360000 19 May 2023 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| 23V073000 10 Feb 2023 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2023