# NHTSA recall 21V357000

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: 21V357000
- Manufacturer's number: FL\-887
- Manufacturer: Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
- Reported: 2021\-05\-14
- Owners notified: 2021\-07\-09
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:BULBS
- Units potentially affected: 72510
- Part numbers: Sylvania H11 Long life 55w / 12v

## What is wrong

Daimler Trucks North America, LLC \(DTNA\) is recalling certain 2017\-2022 Freightliner Cascadia vehicles equipped with halogen headlight assemblies.  The halogen headlight bulb may dislodge during replacement and contact other vehicle components, possibly causing them to melt.


## What can happen

Melting components can increase the risk of fire.


## The remedy

Dealers will install a foam grommet, cut a 4\-inch access hole into the inner fender, and add a warning label on both fenders, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed on July 9, 2021.  Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1\-800\-547\-0712.  DTNA's number for this recall is FL\-887.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-02
- Vehicles in the campaign: 72510
- Reported remedied: 65950 \(90%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 31

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 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

- [2017 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA](/makes/freightliner/cascadia/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA](/makes/freightliner/cascadia/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA](/makes/freightliner/cascadia/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA](/makes/freightliner/cascadia/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA](/makes/freightliner/cascadia/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA](/makes/freightliner/cascadia/2022/recalls.md)

## Investigated as PE21006

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- PE21006: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2021\-02\-25, closed 2021\-07\-16. Halogen Headlights May Cause Fires. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/21V357000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/21V357000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [03\-07192019D](/bulletins/10163549.md), 2019-08-07, Service bulletin
- [sb54309](/bulletins/10157986.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [sb54309](/bulletins/10156214.md), 2019-04-01, 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/21V357000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/21V357000)

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