Fccc Mt45, Fccc Mt55, Fccc S2, Fccc Xb Chassis, Fccc Xc Chassis, Freightliner 108sd, model years 2021 to 2022. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 12 April 2021. 12,470 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, 114SD, 108SD, 122SD, Custom Chass S2 Chassis, Custom Chass XB Chassis, Custom Chass XC Chassis, and Custom Chass MT Chassis Western Star 4700, 4900, 5700 vehicles. The steering arm and tie rod bolts may …
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The maker's own number for this recall: FL-884. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V256 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 21V256 cover?
- FCCC Mt45, FCCC Mt55, FCCC S2, FCCC XB Chassis, FCCC XC Chassis, Freightliner 108Sd, Freightliner 114Sd, Freightliner 122Sd, model years 2021-2022.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, 114SD, 108SD, 122SD, Custom Chass S2 Chassis, Custom Chass XB Chassis, Custom Chass XC Chassis, and Custom Chass MT Chassis Western Star 4700, 4900, 5700 vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A fractured bolt may cause a loss of steering, 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 tie rod arm and steering arm bolts, free of charge. The recall began on June 10, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-884.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall FL-884, 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 fractured bolt may cause a loss of steering, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V256 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Steering:Linkages:Tie Rod Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 12 April 2021 |
| Model years | 2021-2022 |
| Vehicles named | FCCC MT45, FCCC MT55, FCCC S2, FCCC XB CHASSIS, FCCC XC CHASSIS, FREIGHTLINER 108SD, FREIGHTLINER 114SD, FREIGHTLINER 122SD, FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2, FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA, FREIGHTLINER CUSTOM CHASS S2, FREIGHTLINER CUSTOM CHASS XB, WESTERN STAR 4700, WESTERN STAR 4900 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A fractured bolt may cause a loss of steering, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tie rod arm and steering arm bolts, free of charge. The recall began on June 10, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-884.
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 Mt45 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- FCCC Mt55 recalls: 9 US campaigns
- FCCC S2 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- FCCC XB Chassis recalls: 4 US campaigns
- FCCC XC Chassis recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Freightliner 108sd recalls: 51 US campaigns
- Freightliner 114sd recalls: 66 US campaigns
- Freightliner 122sd recalls: 26 US campaigns
- Freightliner Business Class M2 recalls: 82 US campaigns
- Freightliner Cascadia recalls: 124 US campaigns
- Western Star 4700 recalls: 49 US campaigns
- Western Star 4900 recalls: 62 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 21V256, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v256/
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 21V256 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
7f048321 - Consequence
11b5a8bc - 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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