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compliance with federal and local jurisdictional regu-
lations. Components including, but not limited to,
tires, cab/sleeper side extenders, chassis fairings,
bumper, hood, vehicle speed limiters, and idle reduc-
tion timers are specifically designed and manufac-
tured to exacting standards for regulatory fuel effi-
ciency and greenhouse gas emissions compliance. It
is important that these components are always re-
placed with components that meet or exceed the per-
formance of the originally installed components.
Customer Assistance Center
Having trouble finding service? Call the Customer
Assistance Center at 1-800-385-4357 or 1-800-FTL-
HELP. Call night or day, weekdays or weekends, for
dealer referral, vehicle information, breakdown coor-
dination, or Fleetpack assistance. Our people are
knowledgeable, professional, and committed to fol-
lowing through to help you keep your truck moving.
Reporting Safety Defects
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which
could cause a crash or could cause injury or
death, you should immediately inform the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in
addition to notifying Daimler Trucks North America
LLC.
If the NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may
open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety
defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a
recall and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA
cannot become involved in individual problems
between you, your dealer, or Daimler Trucks North
America LLC.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle
Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY:
1-800-424-9153); go to
www.safercar.gov ; or
write to: Administrator, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20590. You can also
obtain other information about motor vehicle safety
from
www.safercar.gov .
Canadian customers who wish to report a safety-
related defect to Transport Canada, Defect Investi-
gations and Recalls, may telephone the toll-free
hotline 1-800-333-0510, or contact Transport
Canada by mail at: Transport Canada, ASFAD,
Place de Ville Tower C, 330 Sparks Street, Ot-
tawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0N5.
For additional road safety information, please visit
the Road Safety website at:
www.tc.gc.ca/
roadsafety .
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