Consumer Complaints
Vehicles / Freightliner / Columbia
| Id | Vehicle Make | Vehicle Model | Model Year | Complaint Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 007127093 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | There are no hand holds on the driver's side exterior or interior to aid in entering or exiting the truck. i was injured because of this failure to |
| 007127092 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | There are no hand holds on the driver's side exterior or interior to aid in entering or exiting the truck. i was injured because of this failure to |
| 007124517 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | 2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DASHBOARD DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT. *KB (OHIIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*JB |
| 007121553 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2007 | A driver for our company was operating a 2007 freightliner cl 112 tractor with 50,000 miles equipped with a mercedes benz (mbe4000) when the engine |
| 007117712 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | 2004 freightliner columbia caught fire under the hood. *kb according to the report, the fire started due to a possible short in the wring. ohio |
| 007095160 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2007 | I am a company driver and have been complaining of exhaust fumes in the truck. i have been sleeping much more than normal 12 - 14 hrs a day now, wake |
| 007095158 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2007 | THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING THE CAB OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. *JB |
| 007091656 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2006 | GETTING HEADACHES, BURNING EYES, TIRED ALL THE TIME. SUSPECT EXHAUST FUMES COMING INTO CAB THROUGH AIR VENTS. *NM |
| 006089958 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2006 | I am a company driver, got in this truck in feb of 2006, can smell fumes coming into cab, air cond vents, having headaches, eyes burning, went to |
| 006086774 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2006 | Been driving this truck now almost 3 months, getting burning eyes, headaches, tired all the time,blood pressure going up, joint problems, vomiting. |
| 006084958 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | I have a freightliner columbia with a mbe 4000 mercedes engine. this is the second time i had to put the truck in a shop for an exhaust leak. this |
| 006083556 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | While driving can smell exhaust fumes fumes coming into cab through air vents,wife getting ill an burning eyes, hard to breath,headaches,tired all the |
| 006083260 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2007 | Dt*: the contact stated the windshield wipers operated on an intermittent basis. the vehicle was taken to the service dealer two times, but the |
| 006082927 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | Have freightliner columbia with an mbe 4000 mercedes. had flex pipe that was cracked letting in co fumes. had this replaced but am still getting low |
| 006079893 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2006 | 2006 freightliner columbia engine caught fire. *kb the vehicle's power steering hose broke causing the fire in the engine compartment. the consumer |
| 006079217 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | While driving eyes start to burn, started getting tired after 4 hours, fumes coming from air condition vents, while air condition was on, also film on |
| 006079216 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | While driving eyes start to burn, started getting tired after 4 hours, fumes coming from air condition vents, while air condition was on, also film on |
| 006077136 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2002 | 2002 FREIGHTLINER LEAKED DIESEL FUEL DUE TO A BROKEN FUEL LINE. *TS *JB |
| 006067813 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | Having health issues, headaches, blurred vision, infection in eye, fatigue, hard breathing, chest pains, did test for carbon monoxide levels of 31,j |
| 006067812 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | Suspect carbon monoxide entering through vents making me ill having headaches ,eye infections and chest pains shortness of breath, fatigue blurred |
| 006066802 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2000 | It happen in indianapolis, in. on highway loop 465 north bound when my co-driver rear ended a semi-truck, we were driving a freightliner columbia |
| 006066505 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | I took possession of the vehicle in january 06 and have had the vehicle in the shop 4 times for aprrox 2 weeks each time for an exhaust leak in the |
| 006060232 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Dt*: the contact stated while driving the vehicle, the contact's eyes and lungs burned. the vehicle has been to the dealership multiple times and it |
| 005053188 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Regarding o.d.i. #10136263 i have followed the recall freightliner fl451 recall#05v285000. i had a wheel off separation due to this hub!! failure. i |
| 005050939 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2006 | My company has taken delivery of 3 of 10 new 2006 columbia freightliner tractors with 70 inch sleepers. all are equipped with mbe 4000 engines with |
| 005045503 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | Carbon monoxide leakage into cab from heater/air conditioning system on freightliner columbia trucks with detroit egr (epa compliant) engines about |
| 005045502 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | Carbon monoxide leakage into cab from heater/air conditioning system on freightliner columbia trucks with detroit egr (epa compliant) engines about |
| 005038338 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Dt: 2005 freightliner columbia. the front hub broke, the casting came completely apart. the new hub is a different style than the original. the |
| 005037967 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET INTO GEAR, REPLACED CLUTCH. *NM |
| 005037958 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET TO RELEASE, REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM |
| 005037953 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, HAD TOWED TO SHOP REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM |
| 005037888 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET TRUCK IN GEAR, REPLACED CLUTCH. *NM |
| 005037887 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUTCH WAS MAKING NOISE,AND HARD TO GET INTO GEAR , REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM |
| 005037885 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | HAD TRUCK TOWED TO SHOP,TRUCK WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR, CHECK FOUND THE CLUTCH HAD CAME APART, REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM |
| 005037879 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Clutch making noise and hard to get into gear. had clutch replaced , knowing what happens next we did not wait, know clutch is going to come apart. |
| 005037845 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Transmission would not shift at times, has auto shift top housing, check and found clutch would not release at times, replace clutch . works fine now |
| 005037839 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUCTH WOULD NOT RELEASE AND MAKING NOISE, REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM |
| 005037838 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUCTH WOULD NOT RELEASE SOMETIMES, CHECK AND FOUND CLUTCH COMING APART. REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM |
| 005037583 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUTCH HARD TO RELEASE,CHECKED IT OUT STARTING TO COME APART JUST LIKE THE REST OF AUTO SHIFTS, REPLACE CLUTCH WORK FINE NOW. *JB |
| 005037580 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, CHECKED AND FOUND DISC COMING APART THIS IS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION WITH AUTO SHIFT TOP HOUSING. *JB |
| 005037559 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM |
| 005037434 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | CLUTCH WAS HARD TO RELEASE, CHECK AND FOUND CLUTCH WAS COMING APART. REPLACE CLUTCH,EVERYTHING WORKS FINE NOW. *NM |
| 005030475 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Clutch hard to release and making noise sent to shop to have replaced, we know now what happens when this starts, next thing clucth explodes remove |
| 005030121 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Clutch exploded going down the highway and locked truck in gear and fragments went thought the bell housing.also this broke the rear engine bell |
| 005030120 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Driver could not get truck into gear, sent wrecker to take him to shop. shop check and found the clucth was starting to come apart,did not damage |
| 005030119 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Truck would not go into gear, sent wrecker had towed to shop shop check and found clucth had exploded, fragment went tru, bell housing. runied |
| 005030117 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | HARD TO GET CLUTCH TO RELEASE,TO GET TRUCK INTO GEAR SENT TO SHOP FOUND CLUTCH COMING APART REMOVE AND REPLACE CLUTCH ASSY. |
| 005030114 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | DRIVER COULD NOT GET CLUTCH TO RELEASE, SENT TO SHOP THEY FOUND THE CLUTCH HAD EXPLODED IN BELL HOUSING REMOVE AND REPLACE CLUTCH. |
| 005030113 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Clutch exploded going down the highway and locked truck in gear and fragments stayed in bellhousing this time,remove clutch and replaced clutch assy |
| 005030077 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Clucth making alot of noise.and hard to get into gear, check and found the piece in clutch disc part way stuck out of disc. replaced clutch assy. |
| 005030072 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Clucth making alot of noise hard to get into gear, check, and found the piece in clucth disc part way stuck out of disc. replace clutch assy, |
| 005030061 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Clutch would not release, and then made loud poping sound, then it starting working, got into our shop check out found it had blew a hole in clutch |
| 005030032 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | Clutch explode going down the highway and locked truck in gear and fragments went thought the bell housing. could have hit other autos on hghway or |
| 005029874 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | Clutch explode going down the highway and locked truck in gear and fragments went thought the bell housing. could have hit other autos on hghway or |
| 005022225 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | 2005 freightliner columbia experiencing problems with the turn signals, the exterior mirrors and the absence of a hand rail on the outside of the cab |
| 005022224 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | 2005 freightliner columbia experiencing problems with the turn signals, the exterior mirrors and the absence of a hand rail on the outside of the cab |
| 005022223 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2005 | 2005 freightliner columbia experiencing problems with the turn signals, the exterior mirrors and the absence of a hand rail on the outside of the cab |
| 003019191 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | Dt: fumes coming inside equipment through air vents of truck. the truck was taken to the dealer 3-4 different times and the problem was never fixed. |
| 004270133 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | Our company has a fleet of 2004 freightliners columbia cabs semi-tractors, while i was in our repair shop this last weekend, they had a truck isolated |
| 004263782 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING CAB ON A REGULAR BASIS WHICH WAS CAUSING ILLNESS.*AK |
| 004260476 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2004 | Exhaust fumes coming in to the cab through the heater air condition vents. this seems to be a problem with all the freightliner colombia model trucks |
| 003247220 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | While driving the truck, the consumer would smell a rotten egg odor coming from the ventilation system. the owner has made contact with the dealership |
| 003242208 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | FUMES COMING INTO CAB, 2003,FREIGHTLINER,COLUMBIA,RELATED EGR VALVE LEAKING ENTS FROM DASH. *AK |
| 003231839 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | Consumer states that while driving at any speed and with no warning vehicle will shut off, causing consumer to pull over. it will be hard to get the |
| 003225142 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | We recently purchased a group of 40 freightliner tractors in october 2002. tractors were built with an h7 low beam headlamp assembly. we have since |
| 0000206250 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND LOCKED IN THE GEAR IT WAS IN. *JB |
| 002103011 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2002 | Previously submitted report on a total of 5 failures, odi number 762991 on 6/12/2002. since that point we have had an additional 14 failures, and 1 |
| 000094270 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2001 | We have experienced 5 similar steering gear box failures on our 2001 freightliner columbia trucks. in each failure the truck would not turn. no |
| 003225628 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | We recently purchased a group of 40 freightliner tractors in october 2002. tractors were built with an h7 low beam headlamp assembly. we have since |
| 003225143 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | We recently purchased a group of 40 freightliner tractors in october 2002. tractors were built with an h7 low beam headlamp assembly. we have since |
| 0000206729 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2003 | THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND LOCKED IN THE GEAR IT WAS IN. *JB |
| 000009894 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2001 | DEFECTIVE BRAKE (AXLE FIVE LEFT SIDE, PUSH ROD TRAVEL IS 1/4 INCH), BRAKE SHOES FAILE TO MOVE. NLM |
| 000009893 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2001 | FRONT SPRING HANGER LOOSE ON FRAME AXLE #1, CAUSING AXLE TO SHIFT. NLM |
| 000009890 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2001 | DEFECTIVE BRAKE (AXLE FIVE LEFT SIDE, PUSH ROD TRAVEL IS 1/4 INCH), BRAKE SHOES FAILE TO MOVE. NLM |
| 000009889 | FREIGHTLINER | COLUMBIA | 2001 | FRONT SPRING HANGER LOOSE ON FRAME AXLE #1, CAUSING AXLE TO SHIFT. NLM |
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