Fccc Xbr, Fccc Xcl, Fccc Xcm, Fccc Xcr, model years 2011 to 2017. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America LLC and reported to NHTSA on 12 March 2018. 9,480 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2011-2017 Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) XBR, XCL, XCM, and XCR recreational vehicle chassis, equipped with Cummins ISL engines. The power steering hose on the affected vehicles may be routed incorrectly, and, as a result, the …
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FCCC's own number for this recall: FL-762. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V163 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 18V163 cover?
- FCCC XBR, FCCC XCL, FCCC XCM, FCCC XCR, model years 2011-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2011-2017 Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) XBR, XCL, XCM, and XCR recreational vehicle chassis, equipped with Cummins ISL engines.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Electrical arcing in the presence of leaking power steering fluid can increase the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will reroute the power steering hose to provide proper clearance, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on May 2018. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712 . DTNA's number for this recall is FL-762.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Fccc calls this recall FL-762, 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: “Electrical arcing in the presence of leaking power steering fluid can increase the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V163 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| System at fault | Steering:Hydraulic Power Assist:Hose, Piping, And Connections |
| Reported to NHTSA | 12 March 2018 |
| Model years | 2011-2017 |
| Vehicles named | FCCC XBR, FCCC XCL, FCCC XCM, FCCC XCR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Electrical arcing in the presence of leaking power steering fluid can increase the risk of a fire.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will reroute the power steering hose to provide proper clearance, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on May 2018. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712 . DTNA's number for this recall is FL-762. Note: This recall is an expansion of 16V-809.
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 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- FCCC XBR recalls: 11 US campaigns
- FCCC XCL recalls: 21 US campaigns
- FCCC XCM recalls: 29 US campaigns
- FCCC XCR recalls: 29 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 18V163, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v163/
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 18V163 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
afb8523f - Consequence
c2983ece - 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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