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Freightliner maintenance access panel door on the bottom of the APU may dislodge and separate.

NHTSA campaign 12V-601 · Reported December 21, 2012 · 515 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Freightliner Cascadia and Coronado
VEHICLES AFFECTED
515
REMEDY
DTNA will notify owners, and Thermo King dealers will inspect the APUs and replace any of the affected panel doors free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Daimler Trucks North America reported a problem with the equipment. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The maintenance access panel door on the bottom of the APU may dislodge and separate.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the door separates from the APU while the vehicle is being driven, it may create a road hazard for other drivers.

WHAT TO DO

DTNA will notify owners, and Thermo King dealers will inspect the APUs and replace any of the affected panel doors free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 12V-601.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2012Freightliner Cascadia
2012Freightliner Coronado

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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