FaultScore

Freightliner brake problems

Owners have filed 177 complaints with NHTSA about the braking system on Freightliner vehicles — 12% of everything reported about the brand, across 30 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Freightliner Cascadia, worst in 2019.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

177

Complaints

12%

Share of all Freightliner complaints

19

Crashes

11

Fires

Which Freightliner models have the most brake problems

Freightliner 46 26.0%

Worst in 1999

Cascadia 46 26.0%

Worst in 2019

Worst Freightliner model years for brake problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
1999 Freightliner Freightliner 18 58% F
2019 Freightliner Cascadia 10 19% 42,500 F