1996 Freightliner Classic

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › axle assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Axle Assembly1
001

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Axle Assembly1 injured
Filed Aug 1, 2000OH

WHILE DRIVING THE AXLE LOCKED UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL AND CAUSE ACCIDENT. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *MJS

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20080500Routine
20071600Routine
20061400Routine
20050300Routine
20040200Routine
20030100Routine
20016010Routine
20002100Routine
19991010Routine
19982000Routine
1996 — this page1000Routine

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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.