# NHTSA recall 14V681000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 14V681000
- Manufacturer's number: FL\-672
- Manufacturer: Daimler Trucks North America LLC
- Reported: 2014\-10\-29
- Owners notified: 2015\-02\-18
- Component: PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:AIR
- Units potentially affected: 4353

## What is wrong

Daimler Trucks North America LLC \(DTNA\) is recalling certain 2013\-2015 Freightliner M2 trucks manufactured December 10, 2012, to October 28, 2014, and equipped with the auto\-apply brake feature.  In the affected vehicles, the parking brake may apply unintentionally.


## What can happen

If the parking brake applies without warning while driving and without activating the brake lights, there is an increased risk of a crash.


## The remedy

DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will remedy the vehicles, free of charge.  DTNA issued an interim notification letter to owners on December 26, 2014. The recall began on February 18, 2015. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1\-800\-745\-8000.  DTNA's number for this recall is FL\-672.


## Notes

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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 7, for 2016 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 4353
- Reported remedied: 2939 \(67%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2013 FREIGHTLINER M2](/makes/freightliner/m2/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-12\-10 to 2014\-10\-24.
- [2014 FREIGHTLINER M2](/makes/freightliner/m2/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-12\-10 to 2014\-10\-24.
- [2015 FREIGHTLINER M2](/makes/freightliner/m2/2015/recalls.md). Built 2012\-12\-10 to 2014\-10\-24.

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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