Freightliner 114sd, Freightliner Business Class M2, Freightliner Cascadia, Freightliner Coronado, Sterling 9500, Western Star 4700, model years 2009 to 2012. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America and reported to NHTSA on 16 August 2012. 1,663 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Freightliner, Sterling, and Western Star vehicles manufactured from July 7, 2008, through December 15, 2011, and equipped with perpendicular air tank mounting brackets. The air tank mounting brackets may develop cracks which can lead to the …
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.
Dtna's own number for this recall: FL-631. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V405 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 12V405 cover?
- Freightliner 114Sd, Freightliner Business Class M2, Freightliner Cascadia, Freightliner Coronado, Sterling 9500, Western Star 4700, model years 2009-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Freightliner, Sterling, and Western Star vehicles manufactured from July 7, 2008, through December 15, 2011, and equipped with perpendicular air tank mounting brackets.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Air tanks that become separated from a moving vehicle may create a road debris hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air mounting brackets, free of charge. The recall began on December 24, 2012. Owners may contact Daimler Trucks North America toll free 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 FL-631, 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: “Air tanks that become separated from a moving vehicle may create a road debris hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V405 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 August 2012 |
| Model years | 2009-2012 |
| Vehicles named | FREIGHTLINER 114SD, FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2, FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA, FREIGHTLINER CORONADO, STERLING 9500, WESTERN STAR 4700 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Air tanks that become separated from a moving vehicle may create a road debris hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air mounting brackets, free of charge. The recall began on December 24, 2012. Owners may contact Daimler Trucks North America toll free 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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 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 Coronado recalls: 35 US campaigns
- Sterling 9500 recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Western Star 4700 recalls: 49 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 12V405, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v405/
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 12V405 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
17004f12 - Consequence
13cd71a8 - 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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