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2001 Freightliner Conventional Engine problems

Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2001 Freightliner Conventional's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 29% of all its complaints, most recently on August 6, 2013. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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2
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0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Equipment & accessoriesEngine & cooling

This truck attempted to transport a boat. It arrived and was in complete poor condition and was unable to perform the service I paid for. The they refused to refund my money and left. Their equipment need to be inspected. They pose a grave danger to vessels, motorist and people around. *Tr

Filed Incident Equipment adaptive / mobility · EngineNHTSA 10533950
Engine & cooling

2000/2001 Freightliner school buses with the cat 3126 engine the injection pump high pressure oil feed line may burst causing engine failure or possible fire from spraying oil onto engine. We have had 16 occurances of this failure so far. One bus has had 2 failures.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10007849

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