Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1973 Freightliner Freightliner

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

11
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Recalls

11 campaigns
80V031000·TRAILER HITCHES1980-03-21

CRACKS MAY DEVELOP IN THE TRUCK"S REAR TOWING CROSSMEMBER WHICH SUPPORTS THE TRAILER HITCH AND TO WHICH THE SAFETY CABLES ARE ATTACHED. SHOULD THESE CRACKS PROGRESS TO THE POINT OF COMPLETE SEPARATION, THE CROSSMEMBER AND THE TRAILER COULD BECOME DETACHED FROM THE TRUCK.

FixDEALER WILL REPLACE THE "A" FRAMES AND ANY OTHER DAMAGED PARTS AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.

77V231000·STEERING:LINKAGES1977-12-27

THE INVOLVED VEHICLES CONTAIN DEFECTIVE BALL STUDS THAT WERE IMPROPERLY HEAT-TREATED AND THUS CONTAIN CRACKS. THESE STUDS, LOCATED IN THE PITMAN ARM, COULD EVENTUALLY FRACTURE IN THE THREADED PORTION UNDER THE RETAINING NUT.

FixTHE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PITMAN ARM BALL STUD WITH A NEW ONE, WITHOUT CHARGE.

75V207000·TRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY1975-12-02
75V119000·SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:CONTROLS, PEDALS AND LINKAGES1975-06-23
74V232000·STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS1974-11-25
74V158000·SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER/BRACKET1974-09-18
74V154000·TRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY1974-09-16
74V067000·STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS1974-05-01

+ 3 more recalls. Pagination is on the roadmap.

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