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2001 Freightliner Century Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 Dec 12, 2006
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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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Nov 6, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Freightliner Century. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

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

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Engine
Filed Dec 12, 2006
1 injury reported

GOT IN THIS CENTURY , FREIGHTLINER APRIL OF 2006, BEEN EXPERIENCING HEADACHES,BURNING EYES, TIRED ALL THE TIME. CAN SMELL FUMES COMING IN THROUGH AIR VENTS. WAKE UP WITH HEADACHES, A DRIVER USED A CO READER TODAY IN MY CAB WAS GETTING ILL. IT SEEMS THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, AN THE DRIVERS AREN'T BEING TOLD, I FIND THIS ODD AND UN SAFE, MY WIFE HAS ALSO TOLD ME THAT SHE COULD SMELL A FUNNY ODOR ON MY CLOTHES. *NM

NHTSA ID
10175975
Incident
Dec 12, 2006
Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 17, 2006

BOUGHT 2 R287 BRIDGESTONE TIRES ON MAY 11,2006 295/75 22.5 HAVE PUT ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON THE STEER TIRES. THE RIGHT FRONT HAS STRIPS OF RUBBER COMING OFF OF IT. SOUTHERN TIRE MART IN LONGVIEW, TX INSIST I PAY FULL PRICE FOR ONE R280 WHICH IS VERY UNSAFE AND WILL NOT PRORATE OR ADJUST EITHER TIRE. TEXAS STAR EXPRESS HAS HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF THE R287 START PEELING RUBBER OFF. THIS IS VERY DANGERIOUS ON STEER TIRES. I AM SCARED OF BRIDGESTONE TIRES BECAUCE OF THIS. REMIMBER THE FIRESTONE 500 IS THE 70,S. *NM

NHTSA ID
10171034
Incident
Oct 16, 2006
Mileage
572,000 mi
Suspension
Filed Nov 6, 2000

LEFT FRONT SPRING HANGER IS LOOSE, BOTTOM BOLTS TURN BY HAND. NLM

NHTSA ID
557100
Incident
Oct 25, 2000
Suspension
Filed Nov 6, 2000

LEFT FRONT SPRING HANGER IS LOOSE, BOTTOM BOLTS TURNED BY HAND. NLM

NHTSA ID
557099
Incident
Oct 25, 2000

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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