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2007 Freightliner Conventional 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 Jan 5, 2011
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 May 22, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Freightliner Conventional. 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

Filed Jan 5, 2011

2007 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL, UNIT 1 AND 2 WERE TRAVELING WESTBOUND. A REAR TIRE ON UNIT 1 BLEW AND THE DEBRIS FROM IT STRUCK THE FRONT OF THE UNIT 2. UNIT 1 CONTINUED ON AND DID NOT STOP. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0786-90)*JB UPDATED 01/14/11 *BF

NHTSA ID
10375744
Incident
Nov 10, 2010
Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 22, 2010

2007 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL, WESTBOUND WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TRAILER TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING A PIECE OF THE TIRE TO COME OFF. UNIT 2 BEHIND UNIT 1 IMMEDIATELY STRUCK THE TIRE, THROWING IT INTO THE PATH OF UNIT 3 WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE. UNIT 3 THEN STRUCK THE TIRE. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0577-90)*JB

NHTSA ID
10357552
Incident
Aug 27, 2010
Electrical
Filed Jun 17, 2008
Fire reported

2006 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BATTERY BOX CAUGHT ON FIRE. *NJ OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0216-89. UPDATED 04/15/10 *BF REMAILED 05/26/10 *BF

NHTSA ID
10231774
Incident
May 28, 2008
Other / unspecified
Filed May 22, 2007
Crash reported

2007 FRTLNR CONVENTIONAL. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND AND WAS PULLING INTO THE RIGHT BERM WHEN THE TRAILER CAME LOOSE STRIKING THE BACK OF THE TRACTOR. THE TRAILER WENT OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE HITTING THE GUARD RAIL AND OVERTURNING INTO A CREEK. *MC OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10193189
Incident
Apr 4, 2007

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.

Data sources

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