- Vehicles
- 273
- Built between
- Aug 2015 – Aug 2015
- Models
- 9
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 22 October 2015
- Repaired
- 51%
- Unrepaired
- 135
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between August 2015 and August 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2016 Freightliner 108SDBuilt August 2015 to August 2015
- 2016 Freightliner 114SDBuilt August 2015 to August 2015
- 2016 Freightliner 122SDBuilt August 2015 to August 2015
- 2016 Freightliner Business Class M2Built August 2015 to August 2015
- 2016 Freightliner CascadiaBuilt August 2015 to August 2015
- 2016 Freightliner MT55Built August 2015 to August 2015
- 2016 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2Built August 2015 to August 2015
- 2016 Western Star 4700Built August 2015 to August 2015
- 2016 Western Star 4900Built August 2015 to August 2015
Repair progress
135 of 273 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2016.
51% repaired — 138 of 273 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2016 Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, 108SD, 114SD, and 122SD, Western Star 4700 and 4900, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2, and Freightliner MT55 vehicles manufactured August 7, 2015, to August 26, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with certain Cummins ISB6.7, ISL9, ISX12 or ISX15 engines whose engine control module (ECM) may short circuit and blow a fuse resulting in the engine stalling without warning.
What could happen
An engine that stalls without warning increases the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ECM free of charge. The recall began on October 22, 2015.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtAugust 2015 to August 2015
- Recall reported to NHTSA2 October 2015
- Owners notified22 October 2015
- Latest repair reportQ4 2016 — 51% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 2 October 2015.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-690.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- FL-690
- Recalling manufacturer
- Daimler Trucks North America LLC
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional 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.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.