PlainRecordsFCCC S2C, S2RV; FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2 and others: EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HEADLIGHTS
- What can happen
- Insufficient low beam headlight illumination can reduce driver visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will update the headlight software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 18, 2026. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is F1036.
- Potentially affected
- 23276
Completion rate: 6.2% of the 23,276 vehicles potentially affected, the share the maker has reported to NHTSA as remedied, as listed in NHTSA's recalls data (updated Nov. 12, 2026). A recall protects people only when the repair is done.
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- Date (report received by NHTSA)
- July 22, 2026
- Filed by
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
- Vehicles
- FCCC S2C (2026, 2027); FCCC S2RV (2026, 2027); FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2 (2026, 2027); FREIGHTLINER EM2 (2026, 2027)
- Component
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING › HEADLIGHTS
- Description of the defect
- Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2026-2027 Freightliner EM2, Freightliner Custom Chassis S2RV, Freightliner Custom Chassis S2C, and Freightliner Business Class M2 vehicles. A software error may cause the low beam headlights to illuminate improperly.
- Potentially affected
- 23276
- What can happen
- Insufficient low beam headlight illumination can reduce driver visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will update the headlight software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 18, 2026. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is F1036.
- Owner notification date
- Sept. 18, 2026
- Manufacturer campaign number
- F1036
- Recall type
- V (vehicle)
- Influenced by
- MFR
- Manufacturer's component
- Headlamp · HEADLAMP-LED,LHD,HTD,LH · A66-41940-002; Headlamp · HEADLAMP-LED,LHD,HTD,RH · A66-41940-003; Headlamp · HEADLAMP-LED,LHD,LH · A66-41940-000; Headlamp · HEADLAMP-LED,LHD,RH · A66-41940-001
- Recall number
- 26V475000
How this defect works
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What the notice says to do (the remedy, in its words)
“Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2026-2027 Freightliner EM2, Freightliner Custom Chassis S2RV, Freightliner Custom Chassis S2C, and Freightliner Business Class M2 vehicles. A software error may cause the low beam headlights to illuminate improperly.” “Insufficient low beam headlight illumination can reduce driver visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.”FCCC, FREIGHTLINER EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS recall, NHTSA recall record, 2026-07-22. The caption and the remedy steps are the record's own words.
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This recall among the others
- FREIGHTLINER: 26 other recalls or notices on this site in the three years before this one (from July 23, 2023).
Counted from the agency records on this site, as on Statistics: a recall event once, by its first notice.
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Cite this record
NHTSA recall record 26V475000, July 22, 2026. PlainRecords' title: "FCCC S2C, S2RV; FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS M2 and others: EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HEADLIGHTS." PlainRecords, https://plainrecords.com/recall/vehicle/26v475000/ (as of the day it was built).At each build a sample of records from each source is compared with the agency's published file and the page; every correction is public. Drawings are chosen by software that reads the record. Built daily. How we check · Corrections