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Freightliner Conventional Problems by Model Year

NHTSA recorded 58 consumer complaints across the 8 model years of the Freightliner Conventional (1993–2001) that have at least 5 complaints. 2000 has the most, with 12. Across all years, the part named most often is tires (19 mentions). Pick a model year below to see its parts, mileage, recalls and service bulletins.

All Conventional 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
20017173,409018—Not enough data
200012—032—Not enough data
199911—031—Not enough data
19985—017—Not enough data
19975—017—Not enough data
19965—117—Not enough data
19957—016—Not enough data
19936—016—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.

2001: “2000/2001 Freightliner school buses with the cat 3126 engine the injection pump high pressure oil feed line may burst causing engine failure or possible fire from spraying oil onto engine. We have had 16 occurances of this failure so far. One bus has had 2 failures.”

NHTSA complaint #10007849, filed 2003-02, 43,971 miles

1999: “The owner of this truck fails to drug test his drivers, fails to collect completed employment applications on drivers, his vehicles are not properly maintained which result in constant break downs out of state and leaves the drivers without fuel. I ran out of fuel in indiana and my truck was blocking the highway and the state trooper had to call him to tell him that he needed to do something because I had the road blocked for several hours. He does not comply with your requirements and has not had an annual bit test in over 2 years.”

NHTSA complaint #10433072, filed 2011-10

2000: “2000 Freightliner Conventional right front tire failed causing driver to lose control. The consumer drove off the right side of the road striking a mile post and then driving into the ditch and overturned onto the left side. The driver received a small bump on his head. Ohio traffic crash report # 19-0393-90 updated 04/15/10”

NHTSA complaint #10231792, filed 2008-06

Other Freightliner models

Freightliner Cascadia
245 complaintsFreightliner Freightliner
112 complaintsFreightliner Columbia
86 complaintsFreightliner Century
36 complaintsFreightliner Business Class M2
31 complaintsFreightliner FS-65
29 complaintsFreightliner FL-70
24 complaintsFreightliner FLD120
18 complaints

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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. Methodology