Freightliner Cascadia, model years 2012 to 2014. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America and reported to NHTSA on 18 March 2013. 52,376 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Freightliner Cascadia tractors manufactured from April 12, 1210, through March 2, 2013, and equipped with a SAMCAB software version 6.2. On vehicles configured to have the turn signals operate as Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) and the …
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Freightliner's own number for this recall: FL-641. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V099 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 13V099 cover?
- Freightliner Cascadia, model years 2012-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Freightliner Cascadia tractors manufactured from April 12, 1210, through March 2, 2013, and equipped with a SAMCAB software version 6.2.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Failure of the DRLs to illuminate reduces visibility to other drivers and increases the risk of a vehicle crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- DTNA sent notification to owners on May 6, 2015, instructing them to contact their dealers and arrange to have the free SAMCAB software updated to correct the operation of the DRLs and "Turn Tip" feature. 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. Freightliner calls this recall FL-641, 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: “Failure of the DRLs to illuminate reduces visibility to other drivers and increases the risk of a vehicle crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13V099 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daimler Trucks North America |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 March 2013 |
| Model years | 2012-2014 |
| Vehicles named | FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Failure of the DRLs to illuminate reduces visibility to other drivers and increases the risk of a vehicle crash.
The remedy
DTNA sent notification to owners on May 6, 2015, instructing them to contact their dealers and arrange to have the free SAMCAB software updated to correct the operation of the DRLs and "Turn Tip" feature. 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 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 13V099, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v099/
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 13V099 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
fb9f2453 - Consequence
7691eb37 - 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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