Worst years for a Freightliner Freightliner
Owners have filed 188 complaints about the Freightliner Freightliner with NHTSA across model years 1981 to 2004. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.
Avoid
2001 Freightliner Freightliner41 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly fuel & propulsion.
Cleanest on record
1997 Freightliner Freightliner12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Freightliner Freightliner year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21,000 | Steering |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 426,260 | Equipment & Accessories |
| 2002 | C | 21 | 0 | 1 | 15,000 | Brakes |
| 2001 | D | 41 | 0 | 0 | — | Fuel & Propulsion |
| 2000 | C | 16 | 3 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1999 | C | 31 | 0 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1998 | B | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | Engine & Cooling |
| 1997 | A | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 0 | 1 | — | Electrical System |
| 1995 | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 0 | 2 | — | Brakes |
| 1993 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | Tires |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | Engine & Cooling |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | Suspension |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1987 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1985 | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1981 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Electrical System |
What breaks on a Freightliner Freightliner
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 2001
Worst in 2000
Worst in 1992
Worst in 2002
Worst in 2002
Worst in 1989
Worst in 2001
Worst in 2001
Worst in 2003
Worst in 2001
Worst in 1997
Worst in 1997
Exactly what failed on a Freightliner Freightliner
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Freightliner Freightliner, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Compare the Freightliner Freightliner
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.