Recall 18V913000

STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY

Report Date
20181219
Component
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
Affected Vehicles
51 models

Defect Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Freightliner 114SD, 122SD, 108SD, Cascadia and Business class M2 trucks, Freightliner Custom Chassis XBS, XCL, XCM, MT45, MT55, S2G, S2RV, XCR and XCS custom chassis and Western Star 4700, 4900 and 5700 trucks equipped with Detroit Axle axles. The affected vehicles may have loose steering and tie rod arm bolts.

Safety Consequence

Loose tie rod arm bolts may lead to separation of the tie rod arm, resulting in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

DTNA has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the steering arm and tie rod arm bolts for to make sure that they are properly tightened, installing new fasteners as necessary, free of charge. The recall began February 9, 2019. Owners may contact Daimler Trucks at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-802.

Affected Vehicles

WESTERN STAR
Year Make Model
2017 FCCC fccc/mt45/2017/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600MT45
fccc/mt55g/2017/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600MT55G
fccc/s2g/2017/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600S2G
fccc/s2rv/2017/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600S2RV
2017 FCCC XBS
2017 FCCC /2017/" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline">XCL
2017 FCCC XCM
2017 FCCC XCR
2017 FCCC XCS
2017 FREIGHTLINER 108SD
2017 FREIGHTLINER 114SD
2017 FREIGHTLINER 122SD
2017 FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2
2017 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA
2017 WESTERN STAR 4700
2017 WESTERN STAR 4900
2017 WESTERN STAR 5700
2018 FCCC MT45
2018 FCCC MT55G
2018 FCCC S2G
2018 FCCC S2RV
2018 FCCC /xbs/2018/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600XBS
2018 FCCC xcl/2018/" class="xcl/2018/" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline">XCL
fccc/xcm/2018/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600XCM
fccc/xcr/2018/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600XCR
fccc/xcs/2018/" class="xcs/2018/" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline">XCS
2018 freightliner/108sd/2018/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600108SD
freightliner/114sd/2018/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600114SD
freightliner/122sd/2018/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600122SD
freightliner/business-class-m2/2018/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600BUSINESS CLASS M2
2018 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA
2018 WESTERN STAR 4700
2018 WESTERN STAR 4900
2018 WESTERN STAR 5700
2019 fccc/mt45/2019/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600MT45
fccc/mt55g/2019/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600MT55G
fccc/s2g/2019/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600S2G
fccc/s2rv/2019/" class="text-blu/" class="text-blue-600S2RV
fccc/xbs/2019/" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline">XBS
2019 FCCC XCL
2019 FCCC XCM
2019 FCCC 2019 FCCC XCS
2019 FREIGHTLINER 108SD
2019 FREIGHTLINER 114SD
2019 FREIGHTLINER 122SD
2019 FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2
2019 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA
2019 WESTERN STAR 4700
2019 WESTERN STAR 4900
2019 WESTERN STAR 5700

Check your vehicle: Visit NHTSA.gov and enter your VIN to see if your specific vehicle is affected.