2017 Freightliner Cascadia
Model year 2017: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.
- NHTSA: don’t drive it or park it outside, for one of its recalls
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. NHTSA’s recall lookup is on nhtsa.gov.
The short answer
From NHTSA’s files, copied Oct 28, 2026.
- 20 recalls naming it in NHTSA’s file (needs attention)
- Don’t drive it or park it outside: NHTSA’s advice, for one of its recalls (needs attention)
- 9 owner complaints to NHTSA
- Not rated in NHTSA’s crash tests
A recall covers the vehicles it names, by build date where NHTSA gives one. Your VIN says which are open on yours.
Is your vehicle in one of these recalls?
No public file says which recalls are still open on one vehicle. NHTSA’s lookup does, from its VIN.
The VIN goes to NHTSA, never to Hearth Record.
What recalls name it?
20 recalls for the 2017 Freightliner Cascadia in NHTSA’s file, newest first. Each covers the vehicles it names; your VIN says if yours is one.
NHTSA advises some owners not to drive it, or to park it outside: see below.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 10, 2023. Electronic stability control (esc); service brakes, air: antilock: modulator
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NHTSA campaign
23V-073
Nov 1, 2022. Service brakes, air: antilock: modulator; forward collision avoidance: adaptive cruise control
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NHTSA campaign
22V-817
Feb 16, 2022. Exterior lighting: brake lights
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NHTSA campaign
20V-567
May 14, 2021. Exterior lighting: headlights: bulbs
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NHTSA campaign
21V-357
Jul 2, 2020. Service brakes, air: supply: quick release valve
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NHTSA campaign
20V-390
Apr 14, 2020. Exterior lighting
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NHTSA campaign
20V-214
May 14, 2019. Service brakes, air: supply: reservoir/tank
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NHTSA campaign
19V-370
Dec 19, 2018. Suspension: front: control arm; steering: linkages: tie rod assembly; steering
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NHTSA campaign
18V-913
Oct 19, 2018. Exterior lighting: brake lights; exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
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NHTSA campaign
18V-742
Aug 30, 2018. Engine and engine cooling: engine: diesel
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NHTSA campaign
18V-581
Jul 20, 2018. Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
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NHTSA campaign
18V-491
May 29, 2018. Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
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NHTSA campaign
18V-353
Dec 15, 2017. Equipment
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NHTSA campaign
17V-810
Nov 27, 2017. Exterior lighting: brake lights; exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
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NHTSA campaign
17V-761
Oct 6, 2017. Steering
May 11, 2017. Power train: axle assembly
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NHTSA campaign
17V-315
Nov 15, 2016. Tires: tread/belt
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NHTSA campaign
16V-824
Sep 13, 2016. Electrical system
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NHTSA campaign
16V-656
Aug 31, 2016. Power train: axle hubs
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NHTSA campaign
16V-634
Jun 9, 2016. Engine and engine cooling: engine: diesel
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NHTSA campaign
16V-416
What have owners told NHTSA?
9 complaints to NHTSA, received from Nov 16, 2016 to Feb 16, 2025.
- 2 complaints told of a crash, and none of a fire.
- Together they report 3 people injured and 2 deaths.
- Complaints are owners’ own reports, not findings: NHTSA reads them to decide what to look into. Only their counts are kept here; no complaint’s words or owner are read.
NHTSA, Owner complaints flat files. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
How did it do in crash tests?
NHTSA hasn’t rated the 2017 Freightliner Cascadia in its 5-Star Safety Ratings. That says nothing about how it would do.
NHTSA, 5-Star Safety Ratings. Released Aug 7, 2026. Updated monthly.
What the record doesn’t say
- Which recalls are still open on one vehicle: only NHTSA’s lookup, with its VIN, says that.
- How serious each complaint was, or whether it was confirmed: complaints aren’t findings.
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).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Owner complaints flat files.
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5-Star Safety Ratings.
Released Aug 7, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. 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.