Freightliner Custom Chassis Trucks Recalled for Tire Valve Stem Damage
Daimler Trucks North America is recalling 2017-2023 Freightliner Custom Chassis trucks due to damaged tire valve stem extensions that may lose pressure, increasing crash risk. Dealers will remove the valve stem extensions and stabilizers at no charge.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: This is a structural component defect affecting a critical safety system (tire pressure retention), creating real potential for crashes. However, no injuries, deaths, or property damage incidents have been reported. Per the rubric, risk-of-harm products without reported injuries score 3 (High).
Plain-English summary
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2017-2023 Freightliner Custom Chassis vehicles, including models XCL, XCM, XCS, MC, XCR, XBR, XBS, MBC, MT55, S2C, S2G, and S2RV. The tire valve stem extensions for the inner wheels may come into contact with and become damaged by the outer wheel rim openings.
Damage to the valve stem extension may result in a loss of tire pressure in the inner wheel, which increases the risk of a crash.
Approximately 16,676 vehicles are affected by this recall. Owner notification letters were mailed on January 18, 2022. Dealers will remove the inner valve stem extensions and stabilizers free of charge. This recall supersedes and expands recall 20V-529; vehicles previously repaired under that recall will need to have the new remedy completed.
Owners should contact Daimler Trucks North America customer service at 1-800-547-0712 (DTNA recall number FL912), or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153). Additional information is available at www.safercar.gov.
The recalled product
- Product
- FCCC S2G, XCR, redundant S2G, XCM
- Brand
- FCCC
- Manufacturer
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
- Affected units
- 16,676
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Model numbers (13)
- S2G
- XCR
- redundant S2G
- XCM
- MC
- XCS
- XCL
- MT55
- S2C
- MBC
- XBS
- XBR
- S2RV
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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