2001 Freightliner Classic problems

NHTSA lists 6 complaints for the 2001 Freightliner Classic, 0 of them mention a crash and 1 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-08.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as FREIGHTLINER CLASSIC.

At a glance

Complaints: 6
With crash: 0
With fire: 1
With injury (complaints): 0
Injuries: 0
Deaths: 0
Recalls: 0
Do not drive recalls: 0
Park outside recalls: 0
Recall potential units (maximum): Unavailable
Investigations: 1
Open investigations: 0
Manufacturer communications: 0

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
System	Complaints	Share of this vehicle's complaints
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	3	50.0%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	1	16.7%
STRUCTURE	1	16.7%
SUSPENSION	1	16.7%
TIRES	1	16.7%

Top subsystems
System	Subsystem	Complaints
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	ENGINE	2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	COOLING SYSTEM	1
STRUCTURE	FRAME AND MEMBERS	1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.

Recalls

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0 recalls.

Investigations

1 investigations; 0 open.

PE02088

Opened: 2002-11-22. Closed: 2003-05-01.

INTEGRAL HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY

FREIGHTLINER SUBMITTED A DEFECT REPORT ON MARCH 21, 2003 IN WHICH THEY IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 5000 TRUCKS AS POSSIBLY BEINGAFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM.ARVINMERITOR (FRONT AXLE MFR) SUBMITTED A DEFECT REPORT ONAPRIL 16, 2003, WHICH IDENTIFIES 6098 FREIGHTLINER TRUCKS ASBEING AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL AND 1191 AXLES SOLD TO FREIGHTLINER IN THE AFTERMARKET. ODI NOTES THAT THERE ARE TWOINTEGRAL HUB AND B

Systems: WHEELS.

Linked campaign numbers: 03E019000, 03E026000, 03V112000.

Manufacturer communications

0 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
System	Count

Notes on this record

Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model label	Complaints
CLASSIC	6

Same model, other years

2000 Classic: 2 complaints
2001 Classic (current year): 6 complaints
2002 Classic: 0 complaints
2003 Classic: 0 complaints
2004 Classic: 0 complaints
2005 Classic: 0 complaints
2006 Classic: 1 complaints
2007 Classic: 1 complaints
2008 Classic: 0 complaints

All model years | All Freightliner models

Other Freightliner models, 2001

Freightliner: 28 complaints
FS-65: 12 complaints
Conventional: 7 complaints
FLD120: 5 complaints
Century: 4 complaints
Columbia: 3 complaints
MT: 3 complaints
Century Class: 1 complaints

Sources

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