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Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)Part report

2000 Freightliner Century Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

Complaints
1about this part
Share
7%of 15 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 1 complaints about the visibility of the 2000 Freightliner Century, 7% of the 15 complaints for this model year.

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 intake for the heater/AC,is under the hood and is suppose to be sealed from the rest of the engine by a rubber gasket wich fits poorly and there are drain tubes that allow foul air from undder the hood (crankcase blowby,external oil leak burnoff) to be sucked into the cab,I have it happen almost every day with this truck sometimes the smoke is actualy visable in the cab,there is no evidence of exhaust leaking so it has to be blow by or fuel puddling in turbo at idle and being pushed out turbo seal and burrning off then by poor location of HVAC intake gets sucked into pass. Compartment. …”

NHTSA complaint #755876, filed 2001-12

Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors): other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
200017%
1999117%
1998222%

Other parts of the 2000 Freightliner Century

Suspension
8 complaints
Engine cooling
2 complaints
Body and structure
2 complaints
Seats
1 complaints
Steering
1 complaints
Wheels
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2000 Freightliner Century

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.

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