Freightliner M2, model year 2011. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America and reported to NHTSA on 2 August 2010. 16 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler trucks is recalling certain model year 2011 business class m2 106v trucks manufactured from april 12, 2010 through july 16, 2010, for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "'lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." these trucks may have …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
The maker's own number for this recall: FL-583. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 10V360 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 10V360 cover?
- Freightliner M2, model year 2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- DAIMLER TRUCKS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 BUSINESS CLASS M2 106V TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 12, 2010 THROUGH JULY 16, 2010, FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IMPROPER HEIGHT OF HEADLIGHTS MAY NOT FULLY ILLUMINATE ROAD SURFACE OR MAY INHIBIT THE ABILITY OF MOTORIST TO SEE VEHICLES INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- DAIMLER TRUCKS SUBMITTED SUPPLEMENTAL DEFECT INFORMATION TO AMEND THE EXPECTED OWNER NOTIFICATION DATE FOR THIS RECALL. THE TRYOUT OF THE NEW PARTS REQUIRED FOR THIS REPAIR WAS RECENTLY CONDUCTED AND THE ASSEMBLY WAS DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 3, 2011.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall FL-583, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “IMPROPER HEIGHT OF HEADLIGHTS MAY NOT FULLY ILLUMINATE ROAD SURFACE OR MAY INHIBIT THE ABILITY OF MOTORIST TO SEE VEHICLES INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 10V360 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting:Headlights |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 August 2010 |
| Model years | 2011-2011 |
| Vehicles named | FREIGHTLINER M2 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IMPROPER HEIGHT OF HEADLIGHTS MAY NOT FULLY ILLUMINATE ROAD SURFACE OR MAY INHIBIT THE ABILITY OF MOTORIST TO SEE VEHICLES INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
The remedy
DAIMLER TRUCKS SUBMITTED SUPPLEMENTAL DEFECT INFORMATION TO AMEND THE EXPECTED OWNER NOTIFICATION DATE FOR THIS RECALL. THE TRYOUT OF THE NEW PARTS REQUIRED FOR THIS REPAIR WAS RECENTLY CONDUCTED AND THE ASSEMBLY WAS DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 3, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER TRUCKS AT 1-800-547-0712.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 10V360, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v360/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 10V360 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
7b4e6425 - Consequence
c8eecf3a - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
The wording we hold for 10V360 · how the whole register is watched
