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 ...

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.

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.

A recall for certain 2018 - 2019 Freightliner Cascadia models with improperly tightened brake calipers is slated to go into effect on August 13, 2018.

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: ...

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 ...