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2008 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 Jun 27, 2013
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 Jun 27, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2008 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

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Powertrain (other)
Filed Jun 27, 2013

FULLY LOADED TRUCK RUNNING DOWN I 57, TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER. TOWED BACK TO TAG TRUCK CENTER IN SIKESTON MO. UPON DIAGNOSIS THE TRANSMISSION HAD LOST ALL IT'S FLUID DUE TO TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES LEAKING. TRUCK WAS BUILT WITH A CLAMP THAT DID NOT FULLY SUPPORT THE LINE, AT THE FACTORY A PIECE OF PLASTIC LOOM WAS INSTALLED WITH THE CLAMP TO POSSIBLY TAKE UP THE SLACK BETWEEN THE METAL PART OF THE LINE AND THE CLAMP. THESE SAME CLAMPS WERE USED IN THE PAST TO SUPPORT ALTERNATOR WIRING; THEY CAUSED THE SAME PROBLEM BY CUTTING INTO THE ELECTRICAL CABLES DISABLING THE VEHICLE. THIS PART NUMBER IS DK 016 0010. FREIGHTLINER IN APRIL OF 2009 QUIT USING THESE CLAMPS AND STARTED USING A BETTER CLAMP, P/N 23-13687-000. AN INFORMATIONAL ONLY SERVICE BULLETIN WAS PUT OUT STATING "INFORMATIONAL ONLY, NO WARRANTY APPLIES" THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE IN CLAMPS. NOTHING ABOUT CHECKING OR MONITORING THE OLD STYLE CLAMPS. I FILED A WARRANTY CLAIM ON ANOTHER UNIT AFTER THIS INCIDENT ON THESE CLAMPS THAT FREIGHTLINER PAID, NOTHING IS CONSISTENT. THAT SAME WEEK WE HAD THE EXACT FAILURE ON A SIMILAR BUILT TRUCK VIN [XXX]. PARENT COMPANY, DAIMLER BENZ HAS SHERKED ALL RESPONSIBILITY ON THIS MATTER. BOTH UNITS UNEXPECTEDLY SHUTDOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10522049
Incident
May 24, 2013
Mileage
499,906 mi

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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