By model year
The 2000 model year drew the most complaints, 12
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.
Model line
Freightliner Conventional
Every Freightliner Conventional model year on file, 1975 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years7620 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years421975 to 2018
Recall campaigns14Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins574Summed across model years
Components
Tires leads the Freightliner Conventional complaint record
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each Freightliner Conventional 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.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Other | 1 | 0.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2017 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2016 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2015 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2014 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2013 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2012 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2011 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2010 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2009 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | Heavy truck | 2 | 0.0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | Trailer | 4 | 50.0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2006 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2005 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2004 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2003 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2002 | Heavy truck | 2 | 0.0 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 2001 | Heavy truck | 7 | 28.6 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2000 | Bus | 12 | 41.7 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 1999 | Bus | 11 | 9.1 | 733 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 1998 | Heavy truck | 5 | 20.0 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 1997 | Van | 5 | 40.0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1996 | Heavy truck | 5 | 60.0 | 500 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 1995 | Not decoded | 7 | 14.3 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 1994 | Heavy truck | 1 | 0.0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1993 | Heavy truck | 6 | 16.7 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 1992 | Trailer | 2 | 0.0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1991 | Not decoded | 2 | 0.0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 1990 | Truck | 1 | 0.0 | None | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 1989 | Not decoded | 1 | 100.0 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | Not decoded | 1 | 0.0 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | Heavy truck | 1 | 100.0 | None | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner Conventional
- 02V-337 Dec 17, 2002
On certain truck-tractor model vehicles equipped with conmet simplex stationary or sliding fifth-wheel, the clinch pins that retain the…
Trailer hitches · 733 vehicles - 96V-233-003 Nov 20, 1996
Vehicle description: all vehicles equipped with eaton drive axles and axilok spindle nuts
Suspension · 1,410 vehicles - 88V-168 Oct 24, 1988
Fasteners that retain the brake pedal to the pivot tube may not have been properly torqued
Brakes · 4,513 vehicles - 88V-160 Oct 11, 1988
Steering arm may fail if used on eaton efa12f4 from axle in conjunction with ross hfb70 power steering gear
Steering · 92 vehicles - 88V-138 Aug 16, 1988
Heater/air conditioner blower motor speed control resistors can under certain conditions overheat and stall
Equipment · 20k vehicles - 87V-192 Dec 18, 1987
Fastener that connects the harness belt d ring to the b pillar may not be long enough to provide full thread engagement with the anchorage weld nut
Seat belts · 180 vehicles - 87V-147 Sep 15, 1987
Incorrect size air brake actuator chambers were installed on the drive axles
Brakes · 41 vehicles - 87V-020 Feb 19, 1987
Under certain conditions, an electrical short circuit can develop
Electrical system · 3,250 vehicles - 86V-137 Oct 20, 1986
Seat belts can loosen as the truck is driven
Seat belts · 102 vehicles - 86V-118 Aug 26, 1986
Handhold mounting system, which consists of a tubular handle held in three places by cast aluminum brackets and attached to the engine exhaust…
Structure · 6,800 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.