10/09 4 AIRBAGS REPLACED ON SEMI. 12/16 SITTING IN DOCK OF BUSINESS, HEARD A VERY LOUD NOISE.MY TRAILER WAS SITTING DIRECTLY ON DRIVES. MECHANIC DETERMINED, THE 2 FRONT AIRBAGS HAD CAME "UNSEATED". RETURNED TO OH & PARKED TRUCK FOR 3 MONTHS. TRUCK BACK ON ROAD 3/2/10. 4/7/10 LEFT REAR AIRBAG BLEW. MECHANIC SAID HE RESEATS THESE WEEKLY, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON. SAID IT IS A DESIGN FLAW FREIGHTLINER IS AWARE OF. THE LIP ON BASE IS TOO SMALL TO SECURE BOTTOM OF AIRBAG. 4/18/10 3 AIRBAGS BLEW WHILE AT THE TA. THEY RESEATED THEM (MY HEIGHT IS SET AT 2 5/8"STOP TO THE FRAME). BACKED UNDER TRAILER, PULLED FORWARD LOUD EXPLOSION, AIRBAGS BLEW. FREIGHTLINER WONT REPLACE THEM, I AM SITTING HERE WAITING ON 4 NEW AIRBAGS (MY EXPENSE) TO REPLACE. TA MGR. SAIDLAST WEEK, TECH. WAS KILLED WHEN AIRBAG BLEW, HE STATED THIS WAS IN TN. MY AIRBAGS HAVE BLOWN 4 TIMES IN 6 MONTHS, THANKFULLY, NO ONE INJURED. DO NOT FEEL IT IS SAFE TO RESEAT THESE, AS ADVISED. BOUGHT 4 NEW, AM TAKING THE OLD WITH ME. *TR
1999 Freightliner Century Class
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsAir Bags
Filed Apr 20, 201048,000 milesOH
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2005| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.