Defect Investigation Detail

FREIGHTLINER / BUSINESS CLASS M2 / 2014

Components - Details
NHTSA Action Number: PE14020	Vehicale/Equipment Name: FREIGHTLINER
Vehicale/Equipment Model: BUSINESS CLASS M2	Vehicale/Equipment Year: 2014
Component Name: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER	Manufacturer's Name: Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
Date Opened: Jul, 07 2014	Date Closed: Feb, 05 2016
Subject: CNG Fuel System Integrity	Summary: On april 3, 2014 in howard, wisconsin, a model year 2014 freightliner business class m2 truck manufactured by daimler trucks north america llc (dnta) experienced a catastrophic cng fuel container burst when it was struck by an unsecured forklift being transported inside the truck's cargo compartment.a contractor working for the national center for statistics and analysis (ncsa) special crash investigations (sci) program conducted a field examination of the incident vehicle and the incident scene (sci case number: in14016). the office of defects investigation (odi) subsequently sent an information request letter to dtna and received two responses dated january 23, 2015 and june 24, 2015, respectively.odi continues to evaluate the cng fuel system integrity on the subject vehicles and other medium- & heavy-duty cng vehicles.odi also continues to investigate cng fuel system integrity related incidents as they arise. odi has engaged industry on this subject at various meetings, seminars and conferences, and through involvement in committees hosted by industry and standards development organizations including the natural gas vehicles for america (ngvamerica) national trade association and the american national standards institute (ansi)/ csa group.this preliminary evaluation has been upgraded to an engineering analysis (ea16-001) so that odi may gather additional information about cng fuel system integrity from additional vehicle manufacturers, fuel system integrators and component suppliers and continue to engage with stakeholders to better understand the industry state of the art and the hazard potential.