Freightliner Cascadia
Owners filed 253 complaints across 25 model years of the Freightliner Cascadia. The 2019 drew the most (29).
Which Freightliner Cascadia years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Freightliner Cascadia model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Freightliner Cascadia model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 3 | 3 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 2 | 8 | — | — | Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Flasher Unit | Routine | |
| 2024 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control | Routine | |
| 2023 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Routine | |
| 2022 | 13 | 19 | — | 3 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Fatalities reported | |
| 2021 | 16 | 21 | — | 1 | Tires | Routine | |
| 2020 | 26 | 21 | — | 2 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Routine | |
| 2019 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 4 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2018 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 2 | Vehicle Speed Control | Do not drive | |
| 2017 | 9 | 20 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2014 | 12 | 21 | 2 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2013 | 7 | 19 | 1 | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2012 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2011 | 12 | 23 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2010 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2009 | 19 | 24 | 3 | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2008 | 8 | 22 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2007 | 1 | 12 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2006 | 1 | 8 | — | — | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | — | — | Tires › Tread/Belt | Routine | |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.