2009 Freightliner X-Line recall: brakes
⚠️ What's wrong
Daimler trucks recalled 1 my 2009 freightliner custom chassis X-Line motor home chassis equipped with bendix front air disc brakes. The front air disc brakes may have been contaminated with grease between the piston head/plate and the diaphragm. When braking pressure is applied, the grease may allow the piston head/plate to slip off center and catch on the reducing ring of the service chamber.
💥 The risk
The catching of the piston head/plate on the reducing ring may lock up the corresponding front air disc brake which may impact the operator's ability to steer or control the vehicle.
🔧 The fix
Dealers replaced both front air disc brakes service chambers. The vehicle was repaired on september 5, 2008. No further action is required on this recall.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 08V666000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-541
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
- Vehicles affected
- 1
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 4, 2008
- Built
- Jun 4, 2008 – Jun 4, 2008
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Daimler trucks recall no. FL-541.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .