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2000 Freightliner Business Class Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 21, 2017
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Freightliner Business Class, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Other / unspecified1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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From owner reports, verbatim

ON AUGUST 22, 2017, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I-55 NEAR LITCHFIELD, ILLINOIS. A SEMI TRUCK OWNED BY ARNOLD JAMES KNAGGS OF CARSONVILLE, MICHIGAN, WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND. AT APPROXIMATELY NOON ON THAT DATE, TWO WHEELS DETACHED FROM THAT TRUCK. ONE WHEEL CAME TO REST IN THE WIDE GRASSY MEDIAN; THE OTHER WHEEL BARRELED ACROSS THE MEDIAN AND STRUCK THE MINIVAN IN WHICH MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TRAVELING. ALL WINDOWS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SHATTERED AND THE SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR WAS RIPPED OFF THE VEHICLE. HE VAN WAS TOTALED. IF MY HUSBAND HAD NOT TAKEN EVASIVE ACTION AT THE LAST SECOND, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED. THE ILLINOIS TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT CITES PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK TIRES AND NOTES THAT VEHICLE CONDITION WAS THE PRIMARY CONTRIBUTORY CAUSE OF THE CRASH. THE DRIVER WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED CDL AND FOR DRIVING A TRUCK WITH LOOSE OR MISSING WHEEL BOLTS. THE QUESTION 'DID MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS (MCS) VIOLATION CONTRIBUTE TO THE CRASH?' WAS ANSWERED 'YES' BY THE STATE TROOPER ON THE SCENE.

NHTSA ID 11024869 · filed Sep 21, 2017

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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