2016 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA — Complaint #2034912
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DRUM:S-CAM filed October 23, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2034912 (ODI reference 11621550) concerns a 2016 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA and was filed on October 23, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 23, 2024. The vehicle had 700,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:drum:s-cam, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA cohort independently describe similar service brakes, air:drum:s-cam failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2016 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2016 Freightliner Cascadia. The contact stated that while a driver was attempting to exit parking lot, the S-Cam 2 and S-Cam support bracket independently detached. No warning light was illuminated. A local independent mechanic arrived on scene to inspect the vehicle and it was determined that the S-Cam bracket and S-Cam mount needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Upon further investigation, the contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V338000 (Equipment) however, the VIN was not included. The local dealer was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 700,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2034912 |
| ODI Number | 11621550 |
| Date Filed | October 23, 2024 |
| Failure Date | October 23, 2024 |
| VIN | 3AKJGLBG3GS |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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