# NHTSA recall 24V509000

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: 24V509000
- Manufacturer's number: F1005
- Manufacturer: Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
- Reported: 2024\-07\-03
- Owners notified: 2024\-08\-26
- Component: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 61
- Part numbers: USK Part No. 015537\-2100, USK Part No. 015537\-2000

## What is wrong

Daimler Trucks North America, LLC \(DTNA\) is recalling certain 2025 Freightliner Cascadia, 114SD, Western Star 47X, and 49X transit buses equipped with Composolite EXS20 steerable lift axle suspension assemblies.  The tie rod assembly ball stud could have been improperly heat treated and can fail.


## What can happen

The ball stud can separate from the vehicle becoming a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the tie rod assembly, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed August 26, 2024.  Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 800\-745\-8000.  DTNA's number for this recall is F1005.


## 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 8, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-02
- Vehicles in the campaign: 61
- Reported remedied: 57 \(93%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2025 FREIGHTLINER 114SD](/makes/freightliner/114sd/2025/recalls.md)
- [2025 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA](/makes/freightliner/cascadia/2025/recalls.md). Built 2024\-04\-30 to 2024\-05\-30.
- 2025 WESTERN STAR 47X. Built 2024\-04\-30 to 2024\-06\-05.
- 2025 WESTERN STAR 49X. Built 2024\-05\-01 to 2024\-06\-11.

## 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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