NHTSA Campaign 15V182000

EQUIPMENT

Issued by Daimler Trucks North America LLC · Reported Mar 27, 2015 · 2,226 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Western Star 4700, 4900, 5700, and 6900 trucks manufactured from July 23, 2013, through December 4, 2014, and equipped with certain Kidde disposable handheld fire extinguishers. These fire extinguishers may not fully discharge as designed when the lever is repeatedly pressed and released.

Consequence

In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not work correctly, there is an increased risk of injury to the truck occupants.

Remedy

DTNA will notify owners, and Kidde will provide a replacement extinguisher when contacted directly or affected owners may go to an authorized DTNA repair facility to order a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on May 26, 2015. Affected owners may contact Kidde directly toll free at (855) 283-7991 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000. DTNA's number for this recall is FL680.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
WESTERN STAR 4700 2014 2,226
WESTERN STAR 4700 2015 2,226
WESTERN STAR 4900 2014 2,226
WESTERN STAR 4900 2015 2,226
WESTERN STAR 5700 2014 2,226
WESTERN STAR 5700 2015 2,226
WESTERN STAR 6900 2014 2,226
WESTERN STAR 6900 2015 2,226

Source: NHTSA Campaign 15V182000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.