Daimler Trucks North America LLC: Parking Brake › Conventional › Air
Daimler Trucks North America LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 29, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 4,353. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2013-2015 Freightliner M2 trucks manufactured December 10, 2012, to October 28, 2014, and equipped with the auto-apply brake feature. In the affected vehicles, the parking brake may apply unintentionally.
The risk
If the parking brake applies without warning while driving and without activating the brake lights, there is an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will remedy the vehicles, free of charge. DTNA issued an interim notification letter to owners on December 26, 2014. The recall began on February 18, 2015. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-672.
3 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Freightliner M2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Freightliner M2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 Freightliner M2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V681000.
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