# NHTSA recall 25V187000

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: 25V187000
- Manufacturer's number: F1018
- Manufacturer: Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
- Reported: 2025\-03\-25
- Owners notified: 2025\-05\-15
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- Units potentially affected: 1968
- Part numbers: A66\-12879\-007

## What is wrong

Daimler Trucks North America, LLC \(DTNA\) is recalling certain 2026 Freightliner eM2, Freightliner 108SD, Freightliner 114SD, Freightliner Cascadia, 2025\-2026 Freightliner Business Class M2, Western Star 47X, and Western Star 49X vehicles.  A software error in the advanced signal and actuator module for the automatic emergency braking system may cause the brake lights to fail to illuminate.


## What can happen

Brake lights that fail increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will update the automatic emergency braking system software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed May 15, 2025.  Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1\-800\-547\-0712.  DTNA's number for this recall is F1018.


## 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 nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2026 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-10\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1968
- Reported remedied: 1763 \(89%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 3, 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

- [2026 FREIGHTLINER 108SD](/makes/freightliner/108sd/2026/recalls.md)
- [2026 FREIGHTLINER 114SD](/makes/freightliner/114sd/2026/recalls.md)
- 2025 FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2. Built 2024\-11\-25 to 2024\-12\-02.
- 2026 FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2
- [2026 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA](/makes/freightliner/cascadia/2026/recalls.md)
- 2026 FREIGHTLINER EM2
- 2025 WESTERN STAR 47X. Built 2024\-10\-10 to 2025\-02\-28.
- 2026 WESTERN STAR 47X
- 2025 WESTERN STAR 49X. Built 2024\-11\-25 to 2025\-02\-21.
- 2026 WESTERN STAR 49X

## 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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