NHTSA campaign 10V112000 · Manufacturer campaign FL-575

DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA Recall 10V-112: UNEXPECTED ENGINE SHUTDOWN

NHTSA recall 10V112000 (Manufacturer campaign FL-575) was reported by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA on March 23, 2010, with 16 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Freightliner Columbia, Freightliner FLD, Sterling 9500 and more for model years 2008–2010. Owners were notified on May 17, 2010, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
10V112000 (also written 10V-112 or 10V112)
Filed by
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer campaign number
FL-575
Report received
Potentially affected
16 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V112000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Freightliner

  • Freightliner Columbia

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built June 22, 2007 – March 20, 2009 (per NHTSA)
  • Freightliner FLD

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built June 22, 2007 – March 20, 2009 (per NHTSA)
All Freightliner recalls

Sterling

  • Sterling 9500

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built June 22, 2007 – March 20, 2009 (per NHTSA)
All Sterling recalls

Western Star

  • Western Star 4900

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built June 22, 2007 – March 20, 2009 (per NHTSA)
All Western Star recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V112000.

Defect description

DAIMLER TRUCKS HAS NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A DEFECT IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 THROUGH 2010 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA, FLD, STERLING 9500 AND WESTERN STAR 4900 EMERGENCY VEHICLES. THE ENGINE MAY SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN A DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER OVER TEMPERATURE CONDITION IS DETECTED.

Safety consequence

UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTDOWN UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS COULD HAMPER RESCUE OPERATIONS AND PLACE THE PUBLIC AT RISK.

Manufacturer remedy

THE ENGINE CONTROL LOGIC WILL BE REPROGRAMMED TO ILLUMINATE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT WITHOUT REQUESTING ENGINE SHUTDOWN. REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY DETROIT DIESEL. PLEASE SEE DAIMLER TRUCKS DEFECT REPORT 10E-005. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 17, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DETROIT DIESEL AT 1-313-592-5800 OR DAIMLER TRUCKS AT 1-800-547-0712.

Notes

DAIMLER RECALL NO. FL-575.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 10V112000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.