Freightliner Cascadia: Powertrain

Affects Freightliner Cascadia · 2018 — about 5 vehicles.

The hazard

On certain vehicles equipped with certain automatic transmissions, an internal shift lock bolt on the transmission may seize and prevent the transmission to shift out of gear range 7 through 12. This could lead to an unexpected engine stall without the ability to restart, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Daimler Trucks North America-authorized service facilities will inspect the suspect transmission shift bolt and replace if needed.

What to do

Contact your dealer; the remedy details were not included in the filing.

Critical — crash/injury risk now High — injury risk; see remedy Moderate — fix at next service Low — minor / informational