Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, air. It has been recalled 1 time.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Air | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defect. WASHERS WERE NOT INSTALLED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE RETRACTOR AND OUTBOARD SAFETY BELT ANCHORS. THIS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 207, "SEATING SYSTEMS," AND FMVSS NO. 210, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES."
Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSTALL WASHERS AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY FREIGHTLINER HAS THE BRAKES SET UP WHEN BOBTAILING IN THEIR TRACTORS, WHEN TRYING TO STOP AND THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED, NOTHING HAPPENS EVEN WHEN PUSHING HARDER, THE WHEELS THEN LOCK UP RESULTING IN A SKID, CONSUMER STATES THAT MANUFACTURER DESIGNED BRAKES NOT TO SKID WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, HOWEVER THE TRUCK DOESNOT STOP, CONSUMER HAS LEARNED THAT THE GLAD-HANDS HANGARS ON THE BACK OF THE TRACTORS HAVE PIN HOLES IN THE CENTER OF THEM, THIS IS DESIGNED SO THAT THE AIR LINES CAN NOT BE BLOCKED OFF, CONSUMER LEARNED THAT IN FACT IF THE AIR LINES ARE BLOCKED THE BRAKES WORK PERFECTLY, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY FREIGHTLINER THAT BRAKES ARE OPERATING PROPERLY AND THEY COULD NOT CONDONE THE MODIFYING OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM.*JB
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 — this page | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1993 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1990 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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: Jan 23, 1995. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.