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Freightliner steering wheel on these vehicles may loosen over time and the steering wheel may detach from the steering column.

NHTSA campaign 18V-699 · Reported October 5, 2018 · 622 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Freightliner Cascadia and 5700
VEHICLES AFFECTED
622
REMEDY
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will correct the steering wheel installation, as necessary, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

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

WHAT

The steering wheel on these vehicles may loosen over time and the steering wheel may detach from the steering column.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the steering wheel detaches, there would be a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will correct the steering wheel installation, as necessary, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 18V-699.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2019Freightliner Cascadia
2019Western Star 5700

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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