2025 Freightliner 114SD & 2025 Freightliner Cascadia + 2 more recall: steering
⚠️ What's wrong
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2025 Freightliner Cascadia, 114SD, Western Star 47X, and 49X transit buses equipped with Composolite EXS20 steerable lift axle suspension assemblies. The tie rod assembly ball stud could have been improperly heat treated and can fail.
💥 The risk
The ball stud can separate from the vehicle becoming a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the tie rod assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 26, 2024. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 800-745-8000. DTNA's number for this recall is F1005.
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
- 24V509000
- Manufacturer recall #
- F1005
- Manufacturer
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
- Vehicles affected
- 61
- Component
- STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-745-8000
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Aug 26, 2024
- Built
- Apr 30, 2024 – Jun 5, 2024
- Recall started by
- MFR
- 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.