1990 Freightliner Conventional Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1990 Freightliner Conventional, 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
- Driver assistance133.3%
- Fuel system133.3%
- Other / unspecified133.3%
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
Driver assistance
Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.
From owner reports, verbatim
I CAN'T PASS, INSPECTION , BECAUSE THE COMPUTERS, ISN'T READY, MY TAG,S AND INSPECTION, WANT WORK , I'VE PAID OVER, $2500 TO NO AVILE DID IT PASS MY TAXES AND TAG, IS NOT PAID, BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, , MY FORD EXPERDISON , 2005, MAKES AND MODEL, , SUV WANT WORK I HAD IT SERVICE ALREADY AT TWO, FORD DEALER'S SHIP , BUT IT STILL WANT PASD INSPECTION, I HAD NEW SPARKS PLUG,S PUT IN MY VEHICLE , DROVE, IT OVER THREE HUNDRED MILE,S BUT IT STILL REMAINS , A NOT READY, READING, , IF THERE, SOMETHING WRONG WHY I GOT NO NOTICE, FROM FORD COMPANY I'M ON A FIX INCOME NOW THAT,S I HAVE , SPENT SO MUCH MONEY, NO XMAS, FOR ME AND MY GRANDKID,S, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
I CAN'T PASS, INSPECTION , BECAUSE THE COMPUTERS, ISN'T READY, MY TAG,S AND INSPECTION, WANT WORK , I'VE PAID OVER, $2500 TO NO AVILE DID IT PASS MY TAXES AND TAG, IS NOT PAID, BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, , MY FORD EXPERDISON , 2005, MAKES AND MODEL, , SUV WANT WORK I HAD IT SERVICE ALREADY AT TWO, FORD DEALER'S SHIP , BUT IT STILL WANT PASD INSPECTION, I HAD NEW SPARKS PLUG,S PUT IN MY VEHICLE , DROVE, IT OVER THREE HUNDRED MILE,S BUT IT STILL REMAINS , A NOT READY, READING, , IF THERE, SOMETHING WRONG WHY I GOT NO NOTICE, FROM FORD COMPANY I'M ON A FIX INCOME NOW THAT,S I HAVE , SPENT SO MUCH MONEY, NO XMAS, FOR ME AND MY GRANDKID,S, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
I CAN'T PASS, INSPECTION , BECAUSE THE COMPUTERS, ISN'T READY, MY TAG,S AND INSPECTION, WANT WORK , I'VE PAID OVER, $2500 TO NO AVILE DID IT PASS MY TAXES AND TAG, IS NOT PAID, BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, , MY FORD EXPERDISON , 2005, MAKES AND MODEL, , SUV WANT WORK I HAD IT SERVICE ALREADY AT TWO, FORD DEALER'S SHIP , BUT IT STILL WANT PASD INSPECTION, I HAD NEW SPARKS PLUG,S PUT IN MY VEHICLE , DROVE, IT OVER THREE HUNDRED MILE,S BUT IT STILL REMAINS , A NOT READY, READING, , IF THERE, SOMETHING WRONG WHY I GOT NO NOTICE, FROM FORD COMPANY I'M ON A FIX INCOME NOW THAT,S I HAVE , SPENT SO MUCH MONEY, NO XMAS, FOR ME AND MY GRANDKID,S, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .