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Freightliner Western Star Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Freightliner Western Star (2004–2012).

4
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2012
year with most recalls

Pick your Freightliner Western Star model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2012 Freightliner Western Star20
2011 Freightliner Western Star10
2005 Freightliner Western Star10
2004 Freightliner Western Star10

All Freightliner Western Star recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Freightliner Western Star, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Seats

    NHTSA 12V138000 Reported 5,247 vehicles potentially affected DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA

    Daimler trucks (dtna) is recalling certain model year 2012 freightliner cascadia and western star 4900 vehicles, manufactured from december 22, 2011, through february 23, 2012. These vehicles may be equipped with certain national seat brand driver’s seats. These seat bases may have out-of-specification welds that may allow the seat to…

    Remedy: Dtna will notify owners, and affected vehicles will have replacement components installed by dtna authorized service facilities, free of charge. An interim letter was mailed to owners on may 16, 2012. The recall to…

    Model years: 2012

  2. Driveline (power train)

    NHTSA 11V257000 Reported 347 vehicles potentially affected DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA

    Daimler trucks is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 freightliner cascadia, m2, and western star 4900 vehicles, manufactured from january 11, 2011, through february 21, 2011, and equipped with a meritor driveline. The tubing used to assemble the affected drivelines has a nonconforming seam weld with insufficient bonding of the…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the drivelines free of charge. The safety recall began on june 27, 2011. Owners may contact daimler trucks at 1-800-547-0712.

    Model years: 2011, 2012

  3. Suspension

    NHTSA 05V284000 Reported 634 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    Certain freightliner trucks and thomas school buses equipped with holland/neway air suspension systems, a transverse beam casting may fracture under normal loads. If a casting breaks when the vehicle is traveling on a roadway there is the potential for pieces of the casting to become projectiles and the suspension's transverse beam may…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the defective transverse beam assemblies. The recall began for thomas built owners on february 10, 2006; and for freightliner owners on april 14, 2006. Owners may contact freightliner…

    Model years: 2004

  4. Wheels

    NHTSA 05V185000 Reported 3,500 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    On certain heavy duty class 8 trucks equipped with accuride aluminum wheels, the wheels were not properly pre-stressed. This allows cracks to develop over time.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the wheels free of charge. The recall began on october 21, 2005. Owners may contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712.

    Model years: 2005

Other Freightliner models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.