2005 Freightliner Columbia defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2005 Freightliner Columbia. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Daimler Trucks North America Recalls
  Audit Query AQ18002 · opened Apr 23, 2018 · closed Jul 11, 2024

  On April 23, 2018, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) opened Audit Query (AQ18002) to assess the timeliness and scope of four recalls filed by Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (“DTNA”). NHTSA subsequently expanded AQ18002 to examine the timeliness and scope of three additional DTNA recalls and c…

• RACK AND PINION FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE09040 · opened Aug 31, 2009 · closed Nov 19, 2009 · led to recall 09V357000

  A consumer complaint was filed with the agency on august 22, 2009, by an independent contractor leasing a 2009 freightliner cascadia.the complaint alleges that in april of 2009 at approximately 50,000 miles he experienced a seal rupture in the rack and pinion assembly.a new seal was installed and at 56,000 miles he fou…

• STEERING COLUMN WELD CRACKS
  Engineering Analysis EA07002 · opened Jan 30, 2007 · closed Jul 12, 2007 · led to recall 07V289000

  As a result of the odi investigation, freightliner has agreed to recall (number 07v-289) all of the vehicles manufactured with steering columns potentially missing welds.the recall remedy will involve inspecting the recalled vehicles for missing welds and if found replace the steering column.early warning aggregate dat…

• STEERING COLUMN WELD CRACKS
  Preliminary Evaluation PE06033 · opened Aug 30, 2006 · closed Jan 30, 2007

  Early warning aggregate data submitted to nhtsa by freightliner suggests that a steering (ewr code 01) problem exists for the 2004 and 2005 century and columbia class vehicles.the count of field reports submitted for the first quarter of 2006 was significantly higher than the average of the previous 6 quarters for the …