Hub Oil Seal Leaking One Right Steer, Possibly Left

2023 Freightliner Cascadia with 25,847 miles. Yesterday when doing my pre-trip, before heading to my next pick up location, I spotted clear evidence of the hub oil seal on my right steer leaking. The left looks like it may be leaking, but the evidence is not as clear. I am at a TA waiting in line for service.(Hopefully the 7-8 hour window given doesn't become 10-11 hours.) Anyway, there is no sign of damage to the wheel hubs to cause them to leak. With less than 26K miles, it seems to me that this is pretty early in the truck's life for this to be a problem. I know that hitting curbs is one reason the hubs seals could be leaking. What are other reasons for a relatively new truck to be having this issue?

Meant for title to read "leaking ON right steer." Forgive my clumsy fingers and missing it before posting.

Ryan,

We have about 50 new 2023 Cascadia's in our fleet. I've heard all kinds of things about them breaking down. A couple of months ago when I was transferring my gear to a new to me truck, I was told I would be getting a new 2023. I told them I already moved my things into the truck they told me to move into and didn't feel like moving out of it. The guy who got the 2023 is a friend of mine. He called me the next day and told me he was broken down 30 miles from where he picked it up. The water pump blew.

2023 Freightliner Cascadia with 25,847 miles. Yesterday when doing my pre-trip, before heading to my next pick up location, I spotted clear evidence of the hub oil seal on my right steer leaking. The left looks like it may be leaking, but the evidence is not as clear. I am at a TA waiting in line for service.(Hopefully the 7-8 hour window given doesn't become 10-11 hours.) Anyway, there is no sign of damage to the wheel hubs to cause them to leak. With less than 26K miles, it seems to me that this is pretty early in the truck's life for this to be a problem. I know that hitting curbs is one reason the hubs seals could be leaking. What are other reasons for a relatively new truck to be having this issue?

Ryan,

We have about 50 new 2023 Cascadia's in our fleet. I've heard all kinds of things about them breaking down. A couple of months ago when I was transferring my gear to a new to me truck, I was told I would be getting a new 2023. I told them I already moved my things into the truck they told me to move into and didn't feel like moving out of it. The guy who got the 2023 is a friend of mine. He called me the next day and told me he was broken down 30 miles from where he picked it up. The water pump blew.

2023 Freightliner Cascadia with 25,847 miles. Yesterday when doing my pre-trip, before heading to my next pick up location, I spotted clear evidence of the hub oil seal on my right steer leaking. The left looks like it may be leaking, but the evidence is not as clear. I am at a TA waiting in line for service.(Hopefully the 7-8 hour window given doesn't become 10-11 hours.) Anyway, there is no sign of damage to the wheel hubs to cause them to leak. With less than 26K miles, it seems to me that this is pretty early in the truck's life for this to be a problem. I know that hitting curbs is one reason the hubs seals could be leaking. What are other reasons for a relatively new truck to be having this issue?

Thank you for this. Somewhere in the back of my mind I was concerned that I might have done something in total ignorance. Machines are made by fallible humans and inevitably some units among a mass production of machines will have unexpected issues.