Recall 19V066000: 2018–2020 Freightliner Cascadia

Report received

Feb 7, 2019

Manufacturer

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

Potentially affected

3,365vehicles

Model years

2018–2020

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

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.

Possible consequence

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

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.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 2018 Freightliner Cascadia11 complaints
• 2019 Freightliner Cascadia29 complaints
• 2020 Freightliner Cascadia26 complaints