NHTSA Campaign 19V066000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

Issued by Daimler Trucks North America LLC · Reported Feb 7, 2019 · 3,365 vehicles affected

What's wrong

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.

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.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA 2018 3,365
FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA 2019 3,365
FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA 2020 3,365

Source: NHTSA Campaign 19V066000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.