2012 Freightliner Cascadia Electronic stability control Problems
- Complaints
- 1about this part
- Share
- 6%of 17 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 1 complaints about the electronic stability control of the 2012 Freightliner Cascadia, 6% of the 17 complaints for this model year. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Signal detection and activation module (sam) vehicle was stationary ,I droped my trl in a doc door at amazon, then I drove about a thousand feet to park my tractor in the designated area, after parking I cut the truck off and after about 10 min I started it up then all of a sudden the lites on dashboard started blinking off and on my headlites came on and marker lites started blinking without ever turning them on. My mechnaic did extensive scanning and testing of the active fault codes that came up (results enclosed)”
NHTSA complaint #11130344, filed 2018-09Related recalls
- 11V465000Sep 8, 2011Daimler trucks is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 freightliner business class m2, cascadia, century, columbia, coronado and sterling a-line vehicles…Covers: Freightliner Cascadia 2006–2012, Columbia 2006–2012, Century 2006–2012 +3 more
Electronic stability control: other model years
Other parts of the 2012 Freightliner Cascadia
11 complaintsEngine
4 complaintsOther or unknown
4 complaintsExterior lighting
2 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
2 complaintsBrakes
1 complaintsFuel system
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2012 Freightliner Cascadia
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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