Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 19V066000

Air bags: frontal

Daimler Trucks North America LLC filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2019-02-07.

Recall campaignNHTSA 19V066000

Air bags: frontal

Component
Air bags: frontal
Manufacturer
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
Vehicles affected
3,365
Reported to NHTSA
2019-02-07
Owners notified
2019-07-19

Defect description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Freightliner Cascadia vehicles equipped with an optional steering wheel air bag. The driver's frontal air bag may deploy unexpectedly.

Safety risk

If the driver's frontal air bag deploys unexpectedly, it can increase the risk of a crash.

Manufacturer remedy

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) will notify owners, and dealers will remove the air bag as an the interim remedy, free of charge. DTNA is developing a remedy program, which when available, will be communicated to customers and dealers. DTNA issued owners an interim notification on April 5, 2019. The recall began July 19, 2019. Owners may contact Daimler Trucks customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL806. This recall supersedes recall 18V-787.

Notes

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

Scope of coverage

3 model years across 1 models.

ModelYears on record
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia2020 2019 2018

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.