DTNA informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration up to 436,095 model year 2008-2018 Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star 4700, 4900, 5700, and 6900 models may be affected.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Freightliner LLC has recalled about 133,000 of its air-brake equiped medium-duty and heavy-duty Business Class trucks built since May 1991. Trucks with hydraulic brakes and school ...

The Jake Brake, short for Jacobs Engine Brake, absorbs energy instead of producing it. In other words, the system alters the engine's exhaust valve operation so that the pistons act as air ...

Freightliner announced a voluntary recall of approximately 133,000 vehicles yesterday to check for brake pins that could cause brakes to be inoperable. An accident in Lincoln, Neb., earlier this ...

Sheriff Ken McClure says it’s not unenforceable, but it’s hard for his small staff to be there when a “Jake brake” is used. “We have 640 square miles that we’re responsible for.

Regulators investigate reports that Daimler’s Freightliner Cascadia trucks brake for no reason. Updated: ; May. 30, 2023, 9:20 a.m. | Published: ; May. 30, 2023, 9: ...