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1998 Freightliner Classic 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 May 6, 2004
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 Feb 11, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Freightliner Classic. 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 1–2 of 2

Filed May 6, 2004

I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT A TRANSPORTATION COMPANY HERE LOCALLY IS BREAKING THE LAW BY NOT KEEPING COPIES OF THIER DRIVERS LOG BOOKS. THEY MAKE THEM DRIVE (FREIGHTLINERS) ILLEGALLY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN RIGHTS ARE BROUGHT UP THE EMPLOYEES ARE FIRED FOR IT.

NHTSA ID
10068386
Incident
Dec 31, 2003
Engine
Filed Feb 11, 2003

THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED.*JB

NHTSA ID
10007003
Incident
Jan 28, 2003

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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