FaultScore

Freightliner Columbia transmission problems

27 of the 110 complaints filed about the Freightliner Columbia are about the transmission — 25% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 2005.

27

Complaints

25%

Share of all complaints

0

Crashes

0

Fires

Transmission & Drivetrain complaints by model year

2003 Columbia 1 3.7%
2004 Columbia 2 7.4%

Median failure at 195,709 miles

2005 Columbia 24 88.9%

Median failure at 175,726 miles

What owners said

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 173,036 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, HAD TOWED TO SHOP REPLACE CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10135960 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 97,543 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET TO RELEASE, REPLACE CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10135964 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 96,959 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET INTO GEAR, REPLACED CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10135971 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 174,587 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUCTH WOULD NOT RELEASE SOMETIMES, CHECK AND FOUND CLUTCH COMING APART. REPLACE CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10135866 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 231,929 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT AT TIMES, HAS AUTO SHIFT TOP HOUSING, CHECK AND FOUND CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE AT TIMES, REPLACE CLUTCH . WORKS FINE NOW.

NHTSA complaint #10135872 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 187,400 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUCTH WOULD NOT RELEASE AND MAKING NOISE, REPLACE CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10135867 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 178,361 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET INTO GEAR. HAD CLUTCH REPLACED , KNOWING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WE DID NOT WAIT, KNOW CLUTCH IS GOING TO COME APART. TRUCK WORKS GREAT NOW.

NHTSA complaint #10135902 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 182,843 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH WAS MAKING NOISE,AND HARD TO GET INTO GEAR , REPLACE CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10135906 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 293,807 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET TRUCK IN GEAR, REPLACED CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10135907 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 191,951 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

HAD TRUCK TOWED TO SHOP,TRUCK WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR, CHECK FOUND THE CLUTCH HAD CAME APART, REPLACE CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10135904 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2004 Freightliner Columbia at 185,011 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH WAS HARD TO RELEASE, CHECK AND FOUND CLUTCH WAS COMING APART. REPLACE CLUTCH,EVERYTHING WORKS FINE NOW.

NHTSA complaint #10135556 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 185,306 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, REPLACE CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10135668 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 219,228 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, CHECKED AND FOUND DISC COMING APART THIS IS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION WITH AUTO SHIFT TOP HOUSING.

NHTSA complaint #10135685 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 214,569 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH HARD TO RELEASE,CHECKED IT OUT STARTING TO COME APART JUST LIKE THE REST OF AUTO SHIFTS, REPLACE CLUTCH WORK FINE NOW.

NHTSA complaint #10135688 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 139,336 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CLUTCH HARD TO RELEASE AND MAKING NOISE SENT TO SHOP TO HAVE REPLACED, WE KNOW NOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS STARTS, NEXT THING CLUCTH EXPLODES REMOVE AND REPLACE CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10130055 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 176,865 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:BELL HOUSING

CLUTCH EXPLODED GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND LOCKED TRUCK IN GEAR AND FRAGMENTS STAYED IN BELLHOUSING THIS TIME,REMOVE CLUTCH AND REPLACED CLUTCH ASSY.

NHTSA complaint #10129789 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 148,691 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

DRIVER COULD NOT GET CLUTCH TO RELEASE, SENT TO SHOP THEY FOUND THE CLUTCH HAD EXPLODED IN BELL HOUSING REMOVE AND REPLACE CLUTCH.

NHTSA complaint #10129790 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 159,640 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:BELL HOUSING

TRUCK WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, SENT WRECKER HAD TOWED TO SHOP SHOP CHECK AND FOUND CLUCTH HAD EXPLODED, FRAGMENT WENT TRU, BELL HOUSING. RUNIED HOUSING AND CLUTCH.FRAGMENTS HAD HAVE HIT HIGHWAY. REMOVE AND REPLACE CLUCTH AND BELL HOUSING.

NHTSA complaint #10129795 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 161,043 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

DRIVER COULD NOT GET TRUCK INTO GEAR, SENT WRECKER TO TAKE HIM TO SHOP. SHOP CHECK AND FOUND THE CLUCTH WAS STARTING TO COME APART,DID NOT DAMAGE BELLHOUSING. REMOVE CLUTCH AND REPLACE

NHTSA complaint #10129796 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2005 Freightliner Columbia at 183,729 miles Gooding, ID

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

HARD TO GET CLUTCH TO RELEASE,TO GET TRUCK INTO GEAR SENT TO SHOP FOUND CLUTCH COMING APART REMOVE AND REPLACE CLUTCH ASSY.

NHTSA complaint #10129793 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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