Freightliner Recalls
Check open Freightliner recalls by VIN. CheckMyVIN queries NHTSA's live recall API on every lookup — no stale snapshots, no signup.
How Freightliner recall lookups work
When you enter a Freightliner VIN, CheckMyVIN first decodes the vehicle (make, model, model year) against NHTSA VPIC. Those three fields are then sent to the NHTSA recallsByVehicle API, which returns every open campaign on file. Each result shows the official NHTSA campaign number (format: two-digit year, "V" for vehicle, six-digit sequence — e.g. 19V472000), the affected component, a paraphrased plain-English summary, and the dealer remedy. Freightliner dealers perform recall work at no charge regardless of who currently owns the vehicle.
Why check Freightliner recalls before buying used?
A used-car dealer is not required to complete open recalls before sale in most US states. Run the VIN before the test drive — if a recall is open, you can either ask the dealer to complete it before delivery, negotiate the price, or schedule the free fix at a Freightliner authorized dealer after purchase.
Notable past Freightliner recall campaigns
A few well-documented campaigns to show the kind of data CheckMyVIN surfaces per VIN. Click any campaign number for the full record on nhtsa.gov. Summaries below paraphrase the official NHTSA records — verify against the source for the authoritative wording.
NHTSA campaign 18V411000
Service brakes, air: disc-brake caliper mounting bolt torque
2018-2019 Freightliner Cascadia
The brake caliper mounting bolts on these Cascadia trucks may not have been properly tightened at the factory; over road service the caliper can loosen and eventually detach. A detached caliper reduces braking performance significantly — and on a Class 8 tractor any brake-performance loss substantially increases crash severity. Freightliner dealers inspect and re-torque (or replace) the caliper mounting bolts at no charge.
NHTSA campaign 18V913000
Steering: tie-rod arm bolt loosening (Detroit Axle front axles)
2017-2019 Freightliner 108SD / 114SD / 122SD, Cascadia, Business Class M2, Custom Chassis (XBS / XCL / XCM / MT45 / MT55 / S2G / S2RV / XCR / XCS), and Western Star 4700 / 4900 / 5700 trucks equipped with Detroit Axle front axles
The tie-rod arm bolts on the Detroit-Axle-equipped front axles may loosen over service; if they loosen far enough the tie-rod arm can separate from the axle, causing a loss of vehicle control. Freightliner / DTNA dealers inspect and replace or re-torque the bolts at no charge.
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, via api.nhtsa.gov/recalls. Campaign numbers and components are verbatim from NHTSA; summaries are paraphrased.
What CheckMyVIN does not do
Some recalls are VIN-specific within a model year — only certain build dates or option packages are affected. NHTSA's public API returns the campaign for the year/make/model; for the final "is my exact VIN affected" answer, Freightliner also publishes a VIN-specific lookup on their owners site, and you can search any campaign number on the NHTSA recall portal. CheckMyVIN cites every campaign by its official number so you can verify independently.
Want the full spec decode for this Freightliner — engine code, assembly plant, model year, body class — alongside its recall history? Run it through the Freightliner VIN Decoder; the report covers both the NHTSA specifications and every open recall in a single sticker.
Researching before you have a VIN in hand? Browse the full Freightliner recall archive by model year — every NHTSA campaign since 1990, organized by year and model.