Service brakes, air: supply: reservoir/tank (Sterling, Freightliner and Western Star)
Vehicle recall 19V-370. NHTSA received Daimler Trucks North America LLC’s report on May 14, 2019.
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The short answer
NHTSA received Daimler Trucks North America LLC’s report on May 14, 2019. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
An insufficient air reservoir volume may reduce brake effectiveness, increasing the risk of crash.
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2004-2019 Freightliner 108SD, 114SD, 122SD, Cascadia, Columbia, Classic, FL80, FLD 120SD, Business Class M2, Western Star 4700, 4900, 6900, Sterling Acterra, L7500, LT7500, L8500, LT8500, L9500, and LT9500 vehicles.
The vehicles may have an insufficient service brake air reservoir capacity.
As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 121, “Air Brake Systems.”
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: supply: reservoir/tank.
What should you do?
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will add air reservoir capacity to the affected vehicles. Owner letters were mailed on November 29, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA’s number for this recall is FL-815.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 741 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
Each model year opens its own page: every recall naming it, its owner complaints and its crash ratings.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Sterling Acterraand 2005, 2006 and 2007, before the model years listed here
- Sterling LT9500and 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, before the model years listed here
- Sterling L8500and 2006 and 2007, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner Classic XLand 2010, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner FL80 Business Classand 2004 and 2005, before the model years listed here
- Sterling L9500and 2004, 2005 and 2006, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner 108SD2018201720162015and 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner FLDand 2010, before the model years listed here
- Sterling L7500and 2007, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner Columbiaand 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner Cascadia20192018201720162015and 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner M2201720162015and 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Sterling LT8500and 2007, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner M2 Business Class20192018
- Freightliner 114SD20192018201720162015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Western Star 6900and 2006, before the model years listed here
- Western Star 49002015
- Sterling LT7500and 2007, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner 122SDand 2014, before the model years listed here
- Western Star 47002015and 2014, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Daimler Trucks North America LLC.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt. Owners’ complaints are counted on each vehicle’s page.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 28, 2026.