Freightliner Tires: Tread/Belt

Freightliner is recalling about 863 vehicles over a problem with the tires. Partial tread separation can increase the risk of a crash.

Campaign
16V824000
Manufacturer
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
Reported
15 November 2016
Vehicles
863
Built between
Jan 2016 – Oct 2016
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
14 December 2016
Repaired
56%
Unrepaired
348

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between January 2016 and October 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017 Freightliner 122SDBuilt January 2016 to October 2016
  • 2017 Freightliner Business Class M2Built January 2016 to October 2016
  • 2017 Freightliner CascadiaBuilt January 2016 to October 2016

Repair progress

348 of 863 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2018.

56% repaired — 480 of 863 reported

Scrapped or exported
35

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 2017 Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, and 122SD trucks manufactured January 24, 2016, to October 10, 2016 and equipped with Goodyear G399A LHS 295/75R22.5 Load Range G tires. The tires on the affected vehicles may have cured improperly, possibly resulting in a partial tread separation.

What could happen

Partial tread separation can increase the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Goodyear will notify the owners of the affected Freightliner vehicles and Goodyear dealers will replace the affected tires, free of charge. The recall began on December 14, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 2016 to October 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA15 November 2016
  3. Owners notified14 December 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ1 2018 — 56% 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 15 November 2016.

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

To find a Goodyear dealer, owners should contact Goodyear Consumer Relations at 1-800-592-3267. Consumers may also contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-728.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
FL-728
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.

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