2007 Freightliner Conventional

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the trailer hitches. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Unknown or Other1
000
Trailer Hitches1
100
Tires1
000
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Unknown or Other
Filed Jan 5, 2011OH

2007 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL, UNIT 1 AND 2 WERE TRAVELING WESTBOUND. A REAR TIRE ON UNIT 1 BLEW AND THE DEBRIS FROM IT STRUCK THE FRONT OF THE UNIT 2. UNIT 1 CONTINUED ON AND DID NOT STOP. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0786-90)*JB UPDATED 01/14/11 *BF

Tires
Filed Sep 22, 2010WI

2007 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL, WESTBOUND WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TRAILER TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING A PIECE OF THE TIRE TO COME OFF. UNIT 2 BEHIND UNIT 1 IMMEDIATELY STRUCK THE TIRE, THROWING IT INTO THE PATH OF UNIT 3 WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE. UNIT 3 THEN STRUCK THE TIRE. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0577-90)*JB

Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v BatteryFire
Filed Jun 17, 2008NY

2006 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BATTERY BOX CAUGHT ON FIRE. *NJ OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0216-89. UPDATED 04/15/10 *BF REMAILED 05/26/10 *BF

Trailer HitchesCrash
Filed May 22, 2007TX

2007 FRTLNR CONVENTIONAL. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND AND WAS PULLING INTO THE RIGHT BERM WHEN THE TRAILER CAME LOOSE STRIKING THE BACK OF THE TRACTOR. THE TRAILER WENT OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE HITTING THE GUARD RAIL AND OVERTURNING INTO A CREEK. *MC OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *TR

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20181000Routine
20082000Routine
2007 — this page4010Routine
20022100Routine
20017020Routine
200012030Routine
199911000Routine
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.