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Freightliner Century Class Problems by Model Year

NHTSA recorded 5 consumer complaints across the 1 model years of the Freightliner Century Class (2005–2005) that have at least 5 complaints. 2005 has the most, with 5. Across all years, the part named most often is engine cooling (4 mentions). Pick a model year below to see its parts, mileage, recalls and service bulletins.

All Century Class model years

Years with fewer than 5 complaints are not listed. The score compares years of the same model, allowing for the era and for how long each year has collected complaints: 50 is a typical year, lower means fewer complaints. It is not adjusted for sales volume.

YearComplaintsMedian miRecallsTSBsScore (50 = typical)Trend
20055279,1504170—Not enough data

Parts named most often, all years

Counts add up complaint mentions across the listed years. A complaint can name several parts.

Example complaints

One per model year, chosen for length and detail. Personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

2005: “After about 30 min could smell fumes coming into truck through air condition vent. When I get of truck for a couple of days, starting to feel better. While sitting in the truck I start feeling dizzy, sinus start up after about two hours in truck, tired all the time,wake up with headaches. Suspect carbon monoxide coming in .detroit engine EGR.”

NHTSA complaint #10159544, filed 2006-06, 254,300 miles

Other Freightliner models

Freightliner Cascadia
245 complaints
Freightliner Freightliner
112 complaints
Freightliner Columbia
86 complaints
Freightliner Conventional
58 complaints
Freightliner Century
36 complaints
Freightliner Business Class M2
31 complaints
Freightliner FS-65
29 complaints
Freightliner FL-70
24 complaints

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About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate. Methodology