1998 Freightliner Conventional

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports	Injuries
Tires	2	0
Steering	1	1
Service Brakes, Air › Supply › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings	1	0
Service Brakes, Air	1	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Tires

Filed Aug 22, 2006IL

1998 CONVENTIONAL RIGHT FRONT TIRE DEFLATED. *TS THE TIRE BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL AND RIM. THE TIRE CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRUCK. *JB

Tires

Filed Dec 22, 2005MI

1998 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. *TS THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE TO THE SEMI TRACTOR. *JB

Service Brakes, Air › Supply › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

Filed Jun 4, 2003788,519 milesDC

AIR LEAKS FROM BRAKE SYSTEM AIR HOSE CONNECTION.

Service Brakes, Air

Filed Nov 7, 2000UT

MODEL 132, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL. PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL HARDER MAKES PEDAL GO WAY DOWN, AND NOT RETURN. THIS CAUSES ZERO BRAKING ABILITY. *AK STUCK OR PARTIALLY STUCK BRAKE PISTONS CAUSED BRAKE LININGS TO DRAG POSSIBLY RESULTING IN FIRE AND BRAKE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER SERVICING IS VERY EXPENSIVE. *YH

Steering1 injured

Filed Sep 1, 2000ME

WHILE DRIVING THE SHAFT COMING FROM THE STEERING GEAR BOX TO THE PITMAN ARM WAS SHEARED COMPLETELY OFF, DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN COLLISION. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *MJS

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2018	1	0	0	Routine
2008	2	0	0	Routine
2007	4	0	1	Routine
2002	2	1	0	Routine
2001	7	0	2	Routine
2000	12	0	3	Routine
1999	11	0	0	Routine
1998 — this page	5	0	0	Routine
1997	5	0	0	Routine
1996	5	1	3	Routine
1995	7	0	0	Routine
1994	1	0	0	Routine
1993	6	0	1	Routine
1992	2	0	0	Routine
1991	2	0	0	Routine
1990	1	0	0	Routine

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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.