2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. A LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE MEHCANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE VALVE FAILED AND WAS ALLOWING AIR TO ESCAPE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURR...

Mileage: 106,222

LOW PRESSURE, ERG VALVE, LEAKAGE, AND THE LOST OF POWER THAT THE TRUNK CANT BE CONTROLLED. *TR

LOW PRESSURE, ERG VALVE, LEAKAGE, AND THE LOST OF POWER THAT THE TRUNK CANT BE CONTROLLED. *TR

LOW PRESSURE, ERG VALVE, LEAKAGE, AND THE LOST OF POWER THAT THE TRUNK CANT BE CONTROLLED. *TR

1990 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA, UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE RIGHT TIRE OF THE TRAILER SUDDENLY CAME OFF THE RIM OF THE TRAILER. UNIT 1 CAME TO FINAL REST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. *BF THE DRIVER STATED EVER SINCE THE COMPANY SWITCHED TO SUPER S...

2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA, UNIT 1 NOTICED SMOKE FROM HIS TRAILER AS HE PULLED AWAY FROM THE BOOTH AT EXIT 142. UNIT 1 PULLED TO THE BERM ON THE ON THE RAMP AND FOUND THE TRAILER WAS ON FIRE. THE TRACTOR WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE TRAILER AND PULLED AHEAD . *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 1...

2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA , SUFFERED A MECHANICAL FAILURE WITH LEFT REAR DRIVE AXLE DUAL ASSEMBLY. *BF THE ASSEMBLY DETACHED FROM THE SEMI AND CROSSED INTO THE EASTBOUND LANES. THE BOLTS HOLDING THE TIRE ON HAD COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF. (OHO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0316-89) *JB UPDATED 09/13/10*B...

2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA WAS STOPPING FOR A TOLL BOOTH WHEN BOTH REAR RIGHT WHEELS DETACHED FROM THE SECOND REAR AXLE. ONE TIRE BROKE THE WINDOW OF THE TOLL BUILDING. *KB THE LUG NUTS BROKE OFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE SECOND TO THE REAR AXLE. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0752-91.

2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DASHBOARD DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT. *KB (OHIIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*JB

Mileage: 193,000

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 WINDOWS. I DON'T SMOKE. SUSPECT EXHAUST FUMES. ALSO WITH COTTON SWAB COULD PICK UP SOOT DEPOSITS ON AIR VENTS. *JB

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 WINDOWS. I DON'T SMOKE. SUSPECT EXHAUST FUMES. ALSO WITH COTTON SWAB COULD PICK UP SOOT DEPOSITS ON AIR VENTS. *JB

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 CAB OF THE VEHICLE AND IN THE SLEEPING AREA THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE STATED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DID NOT HA...

Mileage: 76,454

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 WAS DETERMINED THE EXHAUST GAS WAS LEAKING. THE EXHAUST GASKET AND MANIFOLD BOLTS WERE REPLACED, BUT THIS HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. UPDATED ...

Mileage: 180,759

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 WAS INJURED SO BADLY, THAT I CANNOT GET INSURANCE AT ALL. I HAVE TALK AND SHOWED THIS HUB TO SOME WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ABOUT THIS. THE THEORY OF THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 118,997

DT: 2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA. THE FRONT HUB BROKE, THE CASTING CAME COMPLETELY APART. THE NEW HUB IS A DIFFERENT STYLE THAN THE ORIGINAL. THE CONSUMER BROKE A BONE IN HIS NECK, AND HAS TWO BAD DISCS IN BOTH SHOULDERS. THERE WAS NO WRECK WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL T...

Mileage: 118,997

CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, HAD TOWED TO SHOP REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM

Mileage: 173,036

CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET TO RELEASE, REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM

Mileage: 97,543

CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET INTO GEAR, REPLACED CLUTCH. *NM

Mileage: 96,959

CLUCTH WOULD NOT RELEASE SOMETIMES, CHECK AND FOUND CLUTCH COMING APART. REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM

Mileage: 174,587

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. *NM

Mileage: 231,929

CLUCTH WOULD NOT RELEASE AND MAKING NOISE, REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM

Mileage: 187,400

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. TRUCK WORKS GREAT NOW. *NM

Mileage: 178,361

CLUTCH WAS MAKING NOISE,AND HARD TO GET INTO GEAR , REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM

Mileage: 182,843

CLUTCH MAKING NOISE AND HARD TO GET TRUCK IN GEAR, REPLACED CLUTCH. *NM

Mileage: 293,807

HAD TRUCK TOWED TO SHOP,TRUCK WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR, CHECK FOUND THE CLUTCH HAD CAME APART, REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM

Mileage: 191,951

CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, REPLACE CLUTCH. *NM

Mileage: 185,306

CLUTCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, CHECKED AND FOUND DISC COMING APART THIS IS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION WITH AUTO SHIFT TOP HOUSING. *JB

Mileage: 219,228

CLUTCH HARD TO RELEASE,CHECKED IT OUT STARTING TO COME APART JUST LIKE THE REST OF AUTO SHIFTS, REPLACE CLUTCH WORK FINE NOW. *JB

Mileage: 214,569

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 AND REPLACE CLUTCH.

Mileage: 139,336

CLUTCH EXPLODED GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND LOCKED TRUCK IN GEAR AND FRAGMENTS STAYED IN BELLHOUSING THIS TIME,REMOVE CLUTCH AND REPLACED CLUTCH ASSY.

Mileage: 176,865

DRIVER COULD NOT GET CLUTCH TO RELEASE, SENT TO SHOP THEY FOUND THE CLUTCH HAD EXPLODED IN BELL HOUSING REMOVE AND REPLACE CLUTCH.

Mileage: 148,691

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 HOUSING AND CLUTCH.FRAGMENTS HAD HAVE HIT HIGHWAY. REMOVE AND REPLACE CLUCTH AND BELL HOUSING.

Mileage: 159,640

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 BELLHOUSING. REMOVE CLUTCH AND REPLACE

Mileage: 161,043

HARD TO GET CLUTCH TO RELEASE,TO GET TRUCK INTO GEAR SENT TO SHOP FOUND CLUTCH COMING APART REMOVE AND REPLACE CLUTCH ASSY.

Mileage: 183,729

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 HOUSING. COULD HAVE HIT OTHER AUTOS ON HGHWAY OR COULD HAVE SENT FRAGMENT INTO CAB OF TRUCK AND INJURED OR KILLED DRIVER.

Mileage: 132,157

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 COULD HAVE SENT FRAGMENT INTO CAB OF TRUCK AND INJURED OR KILLED DRIVER.DRIVER HAD TRUCK LOCKED IN GEAR AND WAS LUCKY TO GET TRUCK STOPED BEFORE HITTIN...

Mileage: 152,510

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 HOUSING, PARTS OF CLUTCH DISC, CAME APART.R&R CLUCTH AND FLYWHEEL,WE KEPT OLD PARTS HERE.THE PART THAT CAME OUT OF DISC, HIT HIGHWAY SOMEWHERE.

Mileage: 144,860

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, CAUGHT THIS ONE BEFORE DISC CAME APART

Mileage: 152,510

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.CAUGHT THIS ONE BEFORE IT CAME APART.

Mileage: 194,426

DT: THE TIRE BLEW OUT. JUST DID A WALK AROUND 2 MILES BEFORE, THE TRAILER WAS EMPTY. THE TIRE WENT COMPLETELY OFF THE RIM AND OFF INTO THE BRUSH. NO TRUCK DAMAGE BUT THE RIM IS NOT USABLE.*AK

Mileage: 36,000

DT: THE TIRE BLEW OUT. JUST DID A WALK AROUND 2 MILES BEFORE, THE TRAILER WAS EMPTY. THE TIRE WENT COMPLETELY OFF THE RIM AND OFF INTO THE BRUSH. NO TRUCK DAMAGE BUT THE RIM IS NOT USABLE.*AK

Mileage: 36,000

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 FOR EXITING THE CAB.*MR THE MIRRORS ON THE TRUCK VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY TO THE POINT WHERE THE DRIVER CANNOT SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE IS NOT WAY TO ...

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 FOR EXITING THE CAB.*MR THE MIRRORS ON THE TRUCK VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY TO THE POINT WHERE THE DRIVER CANNOT SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE IS NOT WAY TO ...

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 FOR EXITING THE CAB.*MR THE MIRRORS ON THE TRUCK VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY TO THE POINT WHERE THE DRIVER CANNOT SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE IS NOT WAY TO ...