Freightliner Cascadia Visibility problems by year

Upon driving this truck for the first time, previous trucks were Kenworth and Peterbilt, it quickly came to my attention that the passenger side door mirror housing blocks drivers view when scanning to the right before entering a roadway. I the affected area extends from the front of the A-pillar to the outside of the mirror housing. When this model was designed the mirror housing that attaches to the door was swept back for asthetic reasons I am guessing. This creates a dangerous situation since a lot of the...

In 01/2019 the arm from motor to wiper linkage failed and wipers stopped during a snow storm on i-79, outside of pittsburg, pa. Was able to safely get to an exit off ramp to park and investigate the issue. Replaced the motor and linkage as recommended to remedy the problem. Now 11 months later, wipers stop completely for no reason at all. When I turn the wipers back off, then back on, still nothing. Immediately I pull vehicle to shoulder to investigate, but could find nothing wrong. I restart vehicle and to my...

Possible year manufacturing defect. Real-world conditions effectively disable visabilty of drivers side mirror. During most rain events water from the action of the windshield wipers to the driver side, causes that water to collect on driver's window. At 60 mph. That water creates a obstruction of that mirror assembly. Although temporary, this can last for minutes.

When using wipers they will quit working periodically I can switch to high speed or to intermittent and they will work I can also push the washer fluid button in real quick and they will start working again they may work for a few seconds and quit again and they may work a few minutes and quit again. Freightliner in kingsport tn checked it out on a dry day and said nothing wrong I think it's a problem when it's raining something is getting wet and stopping a complete connection this is a major problem in a 80 thousand pound vehicle to not be able to see when raining

Wiper reservoir becomes heated due to dpf system which creates pressure within the system. As a result it forces wiper fluid from the nozzles draining the system most times undetected. Resulting in the inability to clean the window when it becomes fouled. Due to the reservoir bottles location you cannot observe the fluid level this is also hindered due to the plastic becoming stained blue by the wiper fluid over time. There is also no indicator that wiper fluid level is low from within the cab. This occurs both when the vehicle is in motion or stopped when the vehicle performs a "regeneration" of the dpf system.

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 freightliner cascadia. The contact stated that the interior and instrumental panel lighting failed intermittently. The dealer diagnosed that water penetrated through the windshield and caused the samcap module to fail. The module was not replaced. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 4,081.

This summary was written by odi's bowman after phone interview with complainant: primary alleged issue: (1) limited front visibility due to limited area swept by wipers [odi note: see the photos in which the complainant masked the windshield with newspaper to illustrate the compromised visibility claim]. More specifically, the complainant states that the reason for the restricted area of visibility is caused by the split windshield design and that the condition is exacerbated by accumulation of hardened road...

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 freightliner cascadia. The contact stated that the rearview mirror did not allow him to see the blind spots. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure.The failure mileage was not available.

It appears that a leak in the windshield has caused the computer/electronics to go haywire while driving in a rain storm. Wipers would stop working, engine shut down lights would come on and off, windshield washers just started shooting fluid onto the windshield, check engine light came on and didn't go off. Several other electrical components stopped working. The computer and fuse block was replaced. Prior to the major problems they tried to repair the leak 4 times. The 5th time they thought they found the leak in a marker light above the windshield however that may have been just another leak because the leak is still there after driving in a storm yesterday. *Tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 freightliner cascadia. The vehicle was repaired according to nhtsa campaign id number 09v024000. However, the same chassis are still receiving water inside them from the windshield, which causes the vehicle to shut off. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer four times for this issue and they replaced the computer board. This did not remedy the issue. The vehicle is unsafe because it can shut off on the highway in rainy conditions and cause a crash. The current mileage was 32,000 and failure mileage was 4,000.