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Freightliner Century

Every Freightliner Century model year on file, 1995 to 2013. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years539 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years191995 to 2013

Recall campaigns38Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins1,394Summed across model years

By model year

The 2000 model year drew the most complaints, 15, 28% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Engine and cooling leads the Freightliner Century complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Suspension

Tires

Steering

Visibility and wipers

Powertrain

Structure

Fuel system

Seats

Equipment

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Freightliner Century model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Freightliner Century by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2013	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1	191
2012	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	190
2011	Not decoded	0	None	None	9	1	169
2010	Not decoded	0	None	None	11	2	170
2009	Not decoded	0	None	None	12	2	161
2008	Heavy truck	1	0.0	50	9	2	120
2007	Not decoded	0	None	None	9	3	121
2006	Heavy truck	6	50.0	600	8	4	109
2005	Not decoded	2	0.0	200	2	2	105
2004	Heavy truck	2	0.0	200	3	2	1
2003	Heavy truck	4	25.0	200	2	0	1
2002	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1	1
2001	Heavy truck	4	25.0	133	4	2	3
2000	Heavy truck	15	13.3	500	6	2	14
1999	Heavy truck	6	16.7	200	7	2	14
1998	Not decoded	9	0.0	900	5	2	4
1997	Heavy truck	4	25.0	200	4	1	9
1996	Not decoded	0	None	None	7	1	7
1995	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0	4

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner Century

12V-074 Feb 28, 2012
Pump to rail high pressure fuel line support system used on these engines is sensitive to assembly torque and may be damaged during service work
Engine and cooling · 103k vehicles
11V-514 Oct 13, 2011
Lower pinion bearing may corrode and fail
Steering · 9,689 vehicles
11V-465 Sep 8, 2011
Under certain road and driving conditions, vehicle body roll and road inclination characteristics may adversely affect the slip angle calculation…
Stability and traction control · 4,444 vehicles
11V-287 May 18, 2011
Crack may result in a diesel fuel leak
Fuel system · 268 vehicles
11V-146 Mar 3, 2011
Intake air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to excessive internal temperatures
Engine and cooling · 2,073 vehicles
10V-551 Nov 4, 2010
Daimler trucks is recalling certain model year 2011 freightliner coronado, columbia, fld military, business class m2, cascadia, century, and…
Equipment · 7,466 vehicles
10V-341 Jul 27, 2010
Intake air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to excessive internal temperatures
Engine and cooling · 5,743 vehicles
10V-339 Jul 27, 2010
Over time the barrel of the bosch high pressure fuel pump element used on specific dd13/dd15 engines may develop a crack due to hydrogen induced…
Fuel system · 13k vehicles
10V-189 May 7, 2010
Should the fuel filter become restricted, the low pressure fuel flange may develop a crack resulting in a fuel leak
Fuel system · 31k vehicles
09V-400 Oct 8, 2009
Increased internal grid heater resistance caused by improperly tightened screws may melt the solder on the grid heater circuit board leading to a…
Engine and cooling · 18k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.