1999 Freightliner Conventional

Routine

Owners filed 11 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels2
000
Tires2
000
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft2
000
Unknown or Other1
000
Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly1
000
Steering1
000
Service Brakes, Electric1
100
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Unknown or Other
Filed Oct 27, 2011CA

THE OWNER OF THIS TRUCK FAILS TO DRUG TEST HIS DRIVERS, FAILS TO COLLECT COMPLETED EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS ON DRIVERS, HIS VEHICLES ARE NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED WHICH RESULT IN CONSTANT BREAK DOWNS OUT OF STATE AND LEAVES THE DRIVERS WITHOUT FUEL. I RAN OUT OF FUEL IN INDIANA AND MY TRUCK WAS BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY AND THE STATE TROOPER HAD TO CALL HIM TO TELL HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I HAD THE ROAD BLOCKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. HE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND HAS NOT HAD AN ANNUAL BIT TEST IN OVER 2 YEARS. *TT

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Oct 24, 2007NC

1999 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL LOST THE DRIVE SHAFT AND IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE. *KB (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*JB

Tires
Filed Apr 28, 2006FL

1999 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL RIGHT REAR DRIVE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TS *JB

Tires
Filed Jan 11, 2006NY

1999 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL TIRE BLEW OUT. *TS *JB

Wheels
Filed Dec 22, 2005MN

1999 FRIEGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL WHEELS CAME OFF TRAILER. *TS *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Sep 23, 2003MI

DRIVE SHAFT UNIT ON VEHICLE FELL OFF.*MR *TS *JB

Wheels
Filed Jun 24, 2002CD

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING, THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL OF HIS VEHICLE CAME OFF AND STRUCK A TRAILER.(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *YH

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Mar 6, 2001MO

FUEL TANK LEAKS WHERE SENDING UNIT ATTATCHES TO TANK.*AK THE TOP OF FUEL TANK WHERE FILLER TUBE MEETS THE TANK ALSO LEAKS. *YH

Steering
Filed Aug 1, 2000SC

THE STEERING MECHANISM BROKE LOOSE FROM THE AXLE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL RESULTING IN VEHICLE STRIKING CONSTRUCTION BARRELS. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

Service Brakes, ElectricCrash
Filed Mar 8, 2000IL

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE PIG TAIL CONNECTION, RESULTING IN COLLISION DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly
Filed Nov 23, 1998IL

TIE ROD FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL AND HIT A GUARD RAIL.

11 of 11 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20181000Routine
20082000Routine
20074010Routine
20022100Routine
20017020Routine
200012030Routine
1999 — this page11000Routine
19985000Routine
19975000Routine
19965130Routine
19957000Routine
19941000Routine
19936010Routine
19922000Routine
19912000Routine
19901000Routine

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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.