Freightliner 114sd, Freightliner 122sd, Western Star 4700, Western Star 4900, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America LLC and reported to NHTSA on 3 September 2020. 103 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Truckers North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Freightliner 114SD, 122SD and Western Star 4700, and 4900 vehicles equipped with certain SL2065 steerable lift axles. The lower rear pivot cap screws may not be long enough to sufficiently engage the locking feature of the corresponding nuts.
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-862. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V539 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 20V539 cover?
- Freightliner 114Sd, Freightliner 122Sd, Western Star 4700, Western Star 4900, model years 2020-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Truckers North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Freightliner 114SD, 122SD and Western Star 4700, and 4900 vehicles equipped with certain SL2065 steerable lift axles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the screws are not long enough to engage the corresponding nuts, the hardware may separate from the suspension system, becoming a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash and/or injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the lower rear pivot cap screws for the proper length, correcting the hardware as necessary, free of charge. The recall began October 30, 2020. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-862.
- 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-862, 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: “If the screws are not long enough to engage the corresponding nuts, the hardware may separate from the suspension system, becoming a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash and/or injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V539 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| System at fault | Suspension:Multiple Axle |
| Reported to NHTSA | 3 September 2020 |
| Model years | 2020-2021 |
| Vehicles named | FREIGHTLINER 114SD, FREIGHTLINER 122SD, WESTERN STAR 4700, WESTERN STAR 4900 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the screws are not long enough to engage the corresponding nuts, the hardware may separate from the suspension system, becoming a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash and/or injury.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the lower rear pivot cap screws for the proper length, correcting the hardware as necessary, free of charge. The recall began October 30, 2020. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-862.
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 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 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 122sd recalls: 26 US campaigns
- Western Star 4700 recalls: 49 US campaigns
- Western Star 4900 recalls: 62 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 20V539, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v539/
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 20V539 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
6719ac7d - Consequence
eacd0d69 - 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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