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  NHTSA Recall 11V173000

NHTSA Campaign Id 11V173000; Date: Mar. 15, 2011

Unexpected shutdown of a vehicle may increase the risk of a crash. Overheating of the aftertreatment device without engine shutdown may result in a fire.

icon1 Recalled Vehicles:

2008 Freightliner Business Class M2 2009 Freightliner Business Class M2 2008 Sterling Acterra 2009 Sterling Acterra

Component: Engine And Engine Cooling

Manufactured by: Daimler Trucks North America

Affected Units:: 50

icon3 Recall Summary:

Daimler trucks is recalling certain model year 2008 and 2009 freightliner business class m2 and sterling acterra emergency vehicles manufactured from August 18, 2006, through July 7, 2010, equipped with epa 2007 mbe 900 detroit diesel engines. Engine software may not react properly to certain aftermarket treatment device fault codes. The software may unnecessarily shutdown a vehicle or may fail to shutdown a vehicle with an aftermarket device over-temp fault.

icon2 How to Fix:

Daimler trucks will notify owners and repairs will be performed by detroit diesel free of charge. The safety recall began on March 25, 2011. Owners may contact daimler trucks at 1-800-547-0712. This safety recall campaign is an expansion of a previous recall (please see 10v-472).

icon4 Recall Notes:

Daimler trucks' recall campaign number is 10c-6. 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 .

Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Mar 25, 2011

Also see:

All recalls of Freightliner vehicles.

More recall documents on nhtsa.gov.