Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 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.

2
Open recalls
6
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AXLE Assembly
    1
  • Service BRAKES, AIR
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR Assembly
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    1
  • SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK Absorber
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V167000·STEERING:COLUMN1996-09-19

THE FOUR FASTENERS THAT RETAIN THE OUTPUT SHAFT BEARING TO THE STEERING COLUMN TILT/TELESCOPING MECHANISM WAS NOT TORQUED PROPERLY.

RiskIF THESE FASTENERS BECOME LOOSE AND ALL FALL OUT, THE STEERING COLUMN DRIVELINE WILL DISCONNECT FROM THE TILT/TELESCOPING MECHANISM AND THE ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE WILL BE LOST.

FixTHE VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED FOR LOOSE FASTENERS AND RETORQUED TO THE PROPER SPECIFICATIONS IF THE FASTENERS ARE LOOSE.

96V124002·SUSPENSION1996-07-26

THE EQUALIZING BEAM SHAFT OF THE TANDEM AXLE SUSPENSION WERE MANUFACTURED FROM AS-ROLLED SAE4140 STEEL RATHER THAN THE SPECIFIED ANNEALED SAE4140. THESE SHAFTS CAN FRACTURE INSIDE THE BEAM AT THE TOE OF THE WELD.

RiskVEHICLES ARE SUBJECT TO VEHICLE TILT AND POSSIBLE ROLLOVER IN THE EVENT THAT BOTH EQUALIZING BEAMS, ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, EXPERIENCE A SIMULTANEOUS SHAFT FAILURE. AFFECTED SUSPENSIONS CAN ALSO DROP AND CONTACT THE ROAD SURFACE GENERATING SPARKS WHICH COULD IGNITE FLAMMABLE MATERIAL.

FixOWNER NOTIFICATION IS BEING CONDUCTED BY NEWAY ANCHORLOK. DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE ALL SUSPENSION SUSPENSION BEAMS WITH SUSPENSION BEAMS CONTAINING APPROPRIATE SHAFTS.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE02061·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP2002-08-07 → 2002-12-11

ABS TONE RING CORRODES CAUSING UNINTENDE

SQ98025·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1998-11-10 → 1999-02-16

THROTTLE RETURN SPRING

Led to recall99V026000

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