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VehicleFeb 7, 20193,365 affected

Freightliner recall: Air bags

What is 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.

What could happen

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

The fix

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 covered

Facts

NHTSA recall number
19V066000
Type
Vehicle
Filed by
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
Reported to NHTSA
Feb 7, 2019
Owners notified
Jul 19, 2019
Vehicles or items affected
3,365
Started by
The manufacturer
Built
Sep 11, 2017 to Jan 30, 2019
Part
Air bags › Frontal
Maker's own recall number
FL806

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov

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