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DVSA recall R/2026/278: Daimler Truck Actros 963 and Arocs 964 (SRL260624: LESCHUSTA: Check drag link)

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Daimler Truck Uk Limited Actros 963, Arocs 964, Actros 963, Arocs 964. Published by the DVSA as R/2026/278 on 28 July 2026. Concern: SRL260624 – LESCHUSTA – Check drag link.

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DVSA referenceR/2026/278
Launched28 July 2026
MakeDaimler Truck (listed as DAIMLER TRUCK UK LIMITED)
Manufacturer referenceSRL260624 – LESCHUSTA - Check drag link
Vehicles listed1,473

Models

ModelVehiclesBuilt fromBuilt to
Actros 96313922 August 202511 December 2025
Arocs 96427227 August 20256 January 2026
Actros 963619 September 202526 November 2025
Arocs 96413627 August 20258 January 2026
Actros 96382726 August 20258 January 2026
Arocs 964717 September 20255 December 2025
Actros 963138 September 202529 October 2025
Actros 963420 October 202526 November 2025
Arocs 964410 November 202511 December 2025
Arocs 9644327 August 202518 December 2025
Arocs 9642227 August 202515 December 2025

Concern

SRL260624 – LESCHUSTA – Check drag link

Defect, as DVSA words it

Through a self-disclosure by the supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG Daimler Truck AG was informed that there may have been a manufacturing deviation in vehicles of the models Atego 967 Actros 963 Arocs 964 and eActros 983 on the ball joints that are installed in steering components (e. g. drag links steering links tie rods). It cannot be ruled out that individual components did not fully undergo the prescribed hardening process and have therefore gotten into vehicles with insufficient material hardness. This may result in increased wear and in later phases reduced fatigue strength to the point of a possible fatigue fracture which would probably occur at low speeds with high steering forces (e.g. when maneuvering). In the event of such a fracture vehicle can no longer be steered and there would be a risk of accident.

Remedy, as DVSA words it

As part of our planned recall campaign and as a precautionary measure we want to check whether insufficiently hardened components were installed in the potentially affected vehicles. Insufficiently hardened components will be replaced as part of the check.

What changed since we first read it

Nothing yet. The wording has been the same on every read since 4 September 2026. The file is read again every day; if DVSA rewrites the defect, remedy or concern, the old and new text will appear here with both dates.

The same recall in other registers

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Read from DVSA's bulk recalls file (RecallsFile.csv, 7 MB) on 17 September 2026; this recall first read on 4 September 2026, read 15 times since. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA, Check vehicle recalls. CarsMultiverse is an independent site, not an authority: the official notice is the one on the DVSA service.

Daimler Truck Uk Limited elsewhere in this register

Daimler Truck Uk Limited is named on 113 notices in the copy of the DVSA’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.

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