2000 Freightliner Conventional recalls & complaints
Source: NHTSA, updated daily. Last checked 2026-10-18. Recalls apply to specific VINs — run your VIN to confirm.
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Useful for owners
- OBD2 code reader — see what the car's computer is reporting
- Compact car fire extinguisher
- 2000 Freightliner Conventional owner's manual
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA
Most complained-about parts: Wheels / tires (6), Unknown Or Other (2), Engine (2), Electrical system (2), Fuel system (1).
Complaints are unverified reports from owners. A pattern (many complaints about the same part) matters more than any single one.
Read recent complaints (8)
04/28/2023 · Unknown Or Other · crash
My name is [XXX]. I am an attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio. I would like to report a safety defect with a semi trailer that lacked a rear underride guard. On October 21, 2020, my client, [XXX] was catastrophically injured in a collision in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, when a tractor trailer impacted the rear of [XXX]Pontiac G6, shoving the G6 into the semi-traile…
06/29/2011 · Engine · fire
2000 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL, DRIVER STATED HE WAS DRIVING WHEN NOTICE SMOKE WAS COMING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE PULLED TO THE RIGHT BERM AND ONCE HE DID, FLAMES ERUPTED. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0356-90)*JB
05/05/2010 · Unknown Or Other
GREETINGS, THERE IS A COLEMAN OIL TANKER TRUCK IN SPOKANE, WA THAT NEVER STOPS AT THE TWO RAILROAD TRACKS IN FRONT OF OUR BUSINESS. WHY DOES EVERY OTHER TRUCK DRIVER STOP, YET HE DOES NOT? HE IS TRUCK #50 WITH AN IDAHO LICENSE NUMBER [XXX] . HE HAS A FEW MARKER LIGHTS NOT WORKING ON HIS TANKER, TOO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF…
03/22/2010 · Electrical system · fire
2000 CONVENTIONAL WESTERN STAR, TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE. *BF OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0292-89. UPDATED 05/03/10 *BF
06/18/2008 · Wheels / tires · crash
2000 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL RIGHT FRONT TIRE FAILED CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. THE CONSUMER DROVE OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD STRIKING A MILE POST AND THEN DRIVING INTO THE DITCH AND OVERTURNED ONTO THE LEFT SIDE. *NJ THE DRIVER RECEIVED A SMALL BUMP ON HIS HEAD. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 19-0393-90 UPDATED 04/15/10 *BF
06/26/2007 · Wheels / tires
2000 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE CAME OFF ROLLING AND STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *KB (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*JB
04/28/2007 · Wheels / tires
2000 FREIGHTLINER. CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING 64 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL FELL OFF. *MC (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *JB
07/20/2006 · Engine · fire
2000 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL ENGINE SEIZED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS *NM