Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | ||||||||||||||||
| 11V465000 | DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA | from 09/15/2005 to 09/01/2011 | V (Vehicle) | 4444 | 03/28/2012 | MFR | DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA | 09/08/2011 | 09/08/2011 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Daimler trucks is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 freightliner business class m2, cascadia, century, columbia, coronado and sterling a-line vehicles built with meritor wabco electronic stability control (esc) system manufactured from september 15, 2005 through september 1, 2011. under certain road and driving conditions, vehicle body roll and road inclination characteristics may adversely affect the slip angle calculation of the electronic stability control (esc) system. this might cause the esc to perceive an over steering situation and therefore apply the outer wheel brake on the front axle until the vehicle is perceived to be stable. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If the driver is slow to react during this esc intervention, the vehicle may deviate from the intended line of travel increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Daimler trucks will notify owners, and dealers will replace the esc module with the appropriate software version as necessary, free of charge. an interim owner notification will be mailed on or about november 21, 2011. the date for availability of the final remedy is subject to validation testing and parts availability. the safety recall began on march 28, 2012. owners may contact daimler trucks toll-free at 1-800-547-0712. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Daimler safety recall number is fl-612.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 02/12/2011 | 207780 | ||
| I have been driving a 2010 freighliner cascadia truck equipped with a so-called hard braking detection system. i am engineer myself and, after a whole year i came to a clear conclusio that the system doesn't work on road with poor conditions like bumpy or slippery. the real problem is that truck drivers take the blame from their company for this and it is risky. truck driving is by itself is very stressful, and it become a real hazard when they don't want to hit the brake because of a hard braking system that put them into trouble with their boss. as result we will have crashes that could be avoided. what i have noticed is that when you try to slow down on bumpy or slippery road the abs system gets actuated, the it records a hard braking event, which is wrong. the system needs better judgment with poor road conditions. i personally think that it will need more sensors and a software to resolve the issue here. if the system was not aimed at scaring drivers i think it should be corrected before it kills many americans. i personally know safe drivers with million mile accident free who requested to have their truck swiched for this problem and i am sure a survey among drivers will confirm my conclusions. thank you. | |||