1990 Freightliner Fld

Routine

No owner complaints are on file for this vehicle. It has been recalled 1 time.

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar91V084000
Filed Jun 3, 19912,976 vehiclesFreightliner Corporation

Defect. MALFORMED STEERING WHEEL CENTER SECTION COULD RESULT IN A FRACTURE OF THE UPPER HUB CASTING. THIS MAY LEAD TO SEPARATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THE STEERING COLUMN MOUNTING HUB.

Risk. FRACTURED UPPER HUB CASTING COULD RESULT IN LOSS OFSTEERING CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING AND AN ACCIDENT.

Remedy. REMOVE AND REPLACE THE UPPER HUB CASTING AND INSTALL A HUB PLATE.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20110200Routine
20100800Routine
20090700Routine
200811000Routine
200701000Routine
20060700Routine
20051300Routine
20041600Routine
20011400Routine
20001810Routine
19991800Routine
19982500Routine
19971210Routine
19961510Routine
19950400Routine
19940600Routine
19930500Routine
19920100Routine
19910300Routine
1990 — this page0100Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jun 3, 1991. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.