Freightliner 108sd, Freightliner 114sd, Freightliner Coronado, Western Star 4700, Western Star 4900, Western Star 49x, model years 2012 to 2022. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 17 November 2021. 307 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2012-2021 Freightliner SD 108, Freightliner SD 114, 2016-2020 Freightliner Coronado, 2013 Western Star 6900, 2013-2022 Western Star 4700, Western Star 4900, and 2022 49X vehicles. The tires and rims are not approved and rated for these vehicles from 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.
The maker's own number for this recall: FL-908. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V896 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 21V896 cover?
- Freightliner 108Sd, Freightliner 114Sd, Freightliner Coronado, Western Star 4700, Western Star 4900, Western Star 49X, Western Star 6900, model years 2012-2022.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2012-2021 Freightliner SD 108, Freightliner SD 114, 2016-2020 Freightliner Coronado, 2013 Western Star 6900, 2013-2022 Western Star 4700, Western Star 4900, and 2022 49X vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Unapproved tires that are not rated for the vehicle can cause tire performance issues, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealer will inspect and replace, as necessary, tires and rims, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed January 14, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed on April 22, 2022. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall FL-908.
- 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-908, 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: “Unapproved tires that are not rated for the vehicle can cause tire performance issues, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V896 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Tires |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 November 2021 |
| Model years | 2012-2022 |
| Vehicles named | FREIGHTLINER 108SD, FREIGHTLINER 114SD, FREIGHTLINER CORONADO, WESTERN STAR 4700, WESTERN STAR 4900, WESTERN STAR 49X, WESTERN STAR 6900 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Unapproved tires that are not rated for the vehicle can cause tire performance issues, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealer will inspect and replace, as necessary, tires and rims, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed January 14, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed on April 22, 2022. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall FL-908.
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 455 notices in the record whose component field names tires. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Freightliner 108sd recalls: 51 US campaigns
- Freightliner 114sd recalls: 66 US campaigns
- Freightliner Coronado recalls: 35 US campaigns
- Western Star 4700 recalls: 49 US campaigns
- Western Star 4900 recalls: 62 US campaigns
- Western Star 49x recalls: 29 US campaigns
- Western Star 6900 recalls: 11 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 21V896, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v896/
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 21V896 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
aa0249df - Consequence
26ca57f6 - 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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