Freightliner 114sd, Freightliner Business Class M2, Freightliner Cascadia, Freightliner Century, Freightliner Columbia, Freightliner Coronado, model years 2006 to 2013. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America and reported to NHTSA on 28 February 2012. 103,437 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler trucks (dtna) is recalling certain model year 2006-2013 freightliner, sterling, and western star vehicles, equipped with detroit diesel epa07 and epa10, dd13 and dd15/16 engines, manufactured from january 20, 2006, through february 20, 2012. the pump to rail high pressure fuel line support system used on these …
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Dtna's own number for this recall: 12C-2. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V074 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 12V074 cover?
- Freightliner 114Sd, Freightliner Business Class M2, Freightliner Cascadia, Freightliner Century, Freightliner Columbia, Freightliner Coronado, Sterling 9500, Western Star 4700, model years 2006-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- DAIMLER TRUCKS (DTNA) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006-2013 FREIGHTLINER, STERLING, AND WESTERN STAR VEHICLES, EQUIPPED WITH DETROIT DIESEL EPA07 AND EPA10, DD13 AND DD15/16 ENGINES, MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 20, 2006, THROUGH FEBRUARY 20, 2012.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A FUEL LEAK COULD CREATE A ROAD HAZARD, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. ALSO A FUEL LEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DTNA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND WHERE NECESSARY, THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE SUPPORT SYSTEM WILL BE REPLACED BY DTNA AUTHORIZED SERVICE FACILITIES, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 27, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA AT 1-800-547-0712.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Dtna calls this recall 12C-2, 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: “A FUEL LEAK COULD CREATE A ROAD HAZARD, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. ALSO A FUEL LEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V074 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Diesel |
| Reported to NHTSA | 28 February 2012 |
| Model years | 2006-2013 |
| Vehicles named | FREIGHTLINER 114SD, FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2, FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA, FREIGHTLINER CENTURY, FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA, FREIGHTLINER CORONADO, STERLING 9500, WESTERN STAR 4700, WESTERN STAR 4900, WESTERN STAR 6900 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A FUEL LEAK COULD CREATE A ROAD HAZARD, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. ALSO A FUEL LEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
The remedy
DTNA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND WHERE NECESSARY, THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE SUPPORT SYSTEM WILL BE REPLACED BY DTNA AUTHORIZED SERVICE FACILITIES, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 27, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA 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 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Freightliner 114sd recalls: 66 US campaigns
- Freightliner Business Class M2 recalls: 82 US campaigns
- Freightliner Cascadia recalls: 124 US campaigns
- Freightliner Century recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Freightliner Columbia recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Freightliner Coronado recalls: 35 US campaigns
- Sterling 9500 recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Western Star 4700 recalls: 49 US campaigns
- Western Star 4900 recalls: 62 US campaigns
- Western Star 6900 recalls: 11 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 12V074, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v074/
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 12V074 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
e106d9d7 - Consequence
1c49f7dd - 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.
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