# NHTSA recall 20V281000

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: 20V281000
- Manufacturer's number: FL\-852
- Manufacturer: Daimler Trucks North America LLC
- Reported: 2020\-05\-18
- Owners notified: 2020\-06\-23
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- Units potentially affected: 2987

## What is wrong

Daimler Trucks North America LLC \(DTNA\) is recalling certain 2019\-2021 Western Star 4700 and 5700 vehicles.  A particular wire in the ground harness may be undersized, possibly resulting in a melted connector in the ground circuit harness.  If the connector becomes damaged, under certain circumstances, the engine may stall without the ability to restart.


## What can happen

An engine stall may increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ground harness, free of charge.  This recall began June 23, 2020.  Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1\-800\-547\-0712.  DTNA's number for this recall is FL\-852.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 2 to 2025 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-04\-22
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2987
- Reported remedied: 2808 \(94%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 1, 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

- [2019 WESTERN STAR 4700](/makes/western-star/4700/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 WESTERN STAR 4700](/makes/western-star/4700/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 WESTERN STAR 4700](/makes/western-star/4700/2021/recalls.md)
- [2019 WESTERN STAR 5700](/makes/western-star/5700/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 WESTERN STAR 5700](/makes/western-star/5700/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 WESTERN STAR 5700](/makes/western-star/5700/2021/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [17TS\-12REV](/bulletins/10169699.md), 2020-01-03, Service bulletin
- [sb54072](/bulletins/10163472.md), 2019-08-05, Service bulletin

## 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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