2020 Freightliner Cascadia
Model year 2020: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.
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The short answer
From NHTSA’s files, copied Oct 28, 2026.
- 21 recalls naming it in NHTSA’s file (needs attention)
- 26 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?
21 recalls for the 2020 Freightliner Cascadia in NHTSA’s file, newest first. Each covers the vehicles it names; your VIN says if yours is one.
None carries NHTSA’s advice not to drive it or to park outside.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 9, 2026. Electronic stability control (esc); service brakes, air: antilock
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NHTSA campaign
26V-583
Apr 26, 2023. Electronic stability control (esc)
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NHTSA campaign
23V-299
Mar 28, 2023. Exterior lighting: hazard flashing warning lights; exterior lighting
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NHTSA campaign
23V-208
Feb 20, 2023. Steering: linkages: drag: link: connection
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NHTSA campaign
23V-105
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
May 16, 2022. Equipment: other: labels
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NHTSA campaign
22V-338
Feb 16, 2022. Exterior lighting: brake lights
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NHTSA campaign
20V-567
Sep 2, 2021. Steering: linkages: drag: link: connection
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NHTSA campaign
21V-689
Jun 25, 2021. Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
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NHTSA campaign
21V-481
May 14, 2021. Exterior lighting: headlights: bulbs
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NHTSA campaign
21V-357
Jan 13, 2021. Tires; tires: tread/belt
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NHTSA campaign
21V-007
Oct 27, 2020. Suspension: rear: axle: spindle
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NHTSA campaign
20V-660
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
Mar 3, 2020. Service brakes, air: disc: caliper
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NHTSA campaign
20V-127
Nov 7, 2019. Service brakes, air: disc: chamber
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NHTSA campaign
19V-803
Oct 7, 2019. Service brakes, air: antilock: abs warning light
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NHTSA campaign
19V-711
Jul 24, 2019. Service brakes
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NHTSA campaign
19V-548
Feb 27, 2019. Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel; power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
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NHTSA campaign
19V-137
Feb 7, 2019. Air bags: frontal
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NHTSA campaign
19V-066
What have owners told NHTSA?
26 complaints to NHTSA, received from Apr 4, 2019 to Feb 12, 2026.
- 2 complaints told of a crash, and none of a fire.
- Together they report 1 person injured and no 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 2020 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.