FREIGHTLINER Complaints

View complaints related to FREIGHTLINER. The complaints found here are submitted by actual consumers with first hand experience. You can submit your own complaint to the NHTSA or call the Hotline, Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm at (888) 327-4236, TTY: (800) 424-9153.

  • 1992 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL
    - YOUNGSTOWN, OH

    TRAILER DISCONNECTED FROM TOW DOLLY, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT) *DSH

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1990 FREIGHTLINER
    - NORWALK, CT

    TRUCKS FIFTH WHEEL LOCKING MECHANISM FAILED, CAUSING TRAILER TO DISCONNECT, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT) *DSH

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1994 FREIGHTLINER
    - W. SUFFIELD, CT

    AIR BRAKES LOCKUP, THUMP OR PULL SEVERELY WHEN LOADED EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FREIGHTLINER MT
    - SWEET HOME, OR

    SOMETHING WRONG WITH STEERING THAT CAUSES VEHICLE TO WANDER OVER ROAD; COULD BE CAUSED BY TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON TIRES. TT

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1993 FREIGHTLINER
    - POCLA, OK

    PURCHASE TRUCK USED DEALER PUT INFORMATION IN THE COMPUTER WRONG HAVE A TWO MONTH WARRANTY . TT

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1991 FREIGHTLINER FLA
    - ALEXANDRIA, VA

    THE RIGHT FRONT ROCKWELL BRAKE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. TT CONSUMER STATES THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKES WERE HOTTER THAN THE OTHER BRAKES, DEALER REPLACED RIGHT FRONT BRAKE SHOES, PROBLEM CAME BACK AND DEALER REPLACED RELAY VALVE, LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SHOES AND DRUMS, HAD TO HAVE FRONT AND REAR AXLES REALIGNED, WHILE TRAVELING ON A WET ROAD, CONSUMER LOST TRACTION AND WENT TO THE LEFT, HE APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT CAUSING TRUCK TO JACK KNIFE, CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM IS IN THE FRONT BRAKES. *SLC

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1990 FREIGHTLINER
    - BROOK, IN

    RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARINGS CAUGHT ON FIRE (OHIO STATE POLICE ACCIDENT REPORT). *AK

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1993 FREIGHTLINER
    - LIVINGSTON , TX

    MICHELIN RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD CAME OFF, DAMAGING WHEEL WELL/HEADLIGHT AND WIRING, ALSO BENT STEEL RUNNING BOARD. *AW

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE