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2019 Freightliner Cascadia Body and structure Problems

Complaints
4about this part
Share
14%of 29 total for the year
Median mileage
64,950miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the body and structure of the 2019 Freightliner Cascadia, 14% of the 29 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 64,950 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“The vehicle was traveling on a highway speed 65 MPH wheat road surface, suddenly the truck steer to the left when the driver tries to correct the truck in a straight position the steering wheel is not responding, after a fraction of the second the truck turn to right crossing 2 line traveling hit the rails on the side of the road and end up into a tree.”

NHTSA complaint #11320459, filed 2020-04, 122,000 miles

“This Truck that I'm buying from USCryo Carriers that is a Freightliner has been in the shop numerous times for electrical issues and lighting issues and body and tires problems and they have yet to fix them and get them properly repaired and the Truck is shocking me while driving and whenever laying in the bunkso much it hurts and causes headaches I pay insurance and for the truck, but my company is steady making me pay all repairs even though I have insurance”

NHTSA complaint #11504208, filed 2023-01

“:steering. Yes :was unable to steer properly into a curve in road, resulting in truck slamming into ditch. :no :yes :no incident occurred 10/29/2021. we never received any indication of issues until weeks after. upon looking further into the recall we saw that the notices were set to be sent out 10/30/2021. one day after incident. furthermore we also see another recall that was never fixed from 9/20, of which we never were sent any info on and remains not addressed per this website. (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS”

NHTSA complaint #11440871, filed 2021-11

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Body and structure: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202318%
202116%
202014%
2019414%
2016217%
201516%
2014217%
201118%
201018%

Other parts of the 2019 Freightliner Cascadia

Brakes
10 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
10 complaints
Steering
6 complaints
Engine
3 complaints
Exterior lighting
3 complaints
Suspension
3 complaints
Vehicle speed control
3 complaints
Fuel system
2 complaints
Electrical system
1 complaints
Lane departure
1 complaints
Other or unknown
1 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2019 Freightliner Cascadia

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology