FaultScore

Freightliner engine problems

Owners have filed 191 complaints with NHTSA about the engine on Freightliner vehicles — 13% of everything reported about the brand, across 34 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Freightliner Columbia, worst in 2004.

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.

191

Complaints

13%

Share of all Freightliner complaints

2

Crashes

25

Fires

Which Freightliner models have the most engine problems

Columbia 32 16.8%

Worst in 2004

Cascadia 28 14.7%

Worst in 2012

Worst Freightliner model years for engine problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
1998 Freightliner FL-70 17 68% F
2004 Freightliner Columbia 10 71% 291,568 F