Consumer Complaint Detail

FREIGHTLINER / BUSINESS CLASS / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002075343 Incident Date: Dec, 31 2001
Consumer's City: HUDSON Consumer's State: NH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: FREIGHTLINER LLC
Model Name: BUSINESS CLASS Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FV6JLCB6VH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 14 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 30 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Rear passenger doors of freightliner "business class" truck come unlatched and open up during operation down the road. there are also incidents of the trucks parking at certain angles where the doors will not open up at alkl. this happens on both fl80 chassied fire trucks. cracks in the roof structure have been identified by freightliner as a possible issue. we are trying to figure out if this is a freightliner or e1 problem. the issues have been going on since both trucks was 5 years old. several door latch assemblies have been purchased over the years in an attempt to resolve the problem, with no success. *nm