Freightliner Century Class

Owners filed 14 complaints across 20 model years of the Freightliner Century Class. The 2005 drew the most (5).

Model years20
Complaints14
Recalls40
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Freightliner Century Class years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Freightliner Century Class 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.

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 Century Class model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20170
1———Routine
20160
1———Routine
20150
1———Routine
20140
1———Routine
20130
1———Routine
20120
2———Routine
20110
3———Routine
20100
4———Routine
20090
4———Routine
20080
5———Routine
20070
4———Routine
20062
5——Steering › Rack and PinionRoutine
20055
41—Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission ControlRoutine
20041
21—Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › DieselRoutine
20032
1—1Service Brakes, AirRoutine
20020
1———Routine
20011
0——SuspensionRoutine
20001
0——TiresRoutine
19991
0——Air BagsRoutine
19981
0——Electrical SystemRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.