Vehicle description: medium duty trucks, fire trucks, and transit buses and school buses equipped with electronic throttle control/accelerator pedals supplied by williams controls industries. The weld attaching the clevis to the plate has insufficient...
1996-2001 · 6 model years
Freightliner XC Problems by year
Owners have filed 0 complaints about the Freightliner XC across 6 model years, and it has 12 recalls.
- Complaints
- 0
- Recalls
- 12
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
XC complaints by model year
Highlighted: the year with the most complaints for its age. Older vehicles have had more time to collect complaints - the Safety Index grade allows for that.
Freightliner XC recalls 12
Vehicle description: recreational vehicle chassis. A loss of throttle control (engine will return to idle) could occur when the exhaust brake has been activated, the brakes are applied, and the vehicle is coming to a stop.
Vehicle description: trucks, school bus and motor home chassis, and transit buses equipped with tie rod assemblies manufactured by trw. The suspect tie rods contain 24-dl model ball sockets. Certain of the tie rod ball-socket bearings have a...
Vehicle description: rv chassis. The valve stem on the rear inner tire could rub against the wheel and develop a leak.
Vehicle description: chassis built with caterpillar engines and equipped with felsted electronic accelerator pedals. The return springs can break on the accelerator pedals that are equipped with stainless steel or electroplated music wire return springs.
Vehicle description: recreational vehicle chassis. The components that retain the rear axle wheel covers may have been damaged during installation.
Vehicle description: recreational vehicle chassis. Interference can occur between the steer axle slack adjusters and the axle knuckle post during a full wheel cut with the brakes applied.
Vehicle description: motor home chassis. The tire pressure on the certification labels are incorrect for the designated gross axle weight rating. This does not comply with requirements of part 567, "certification."
Vehicle description: rv chassis. If the front wheels are turned when the air suspension is exhausted, the brake chamber mounting bracket could be damaged due to an interference.
Covers1998 Freightliner XC
Vehicle description: motorhome chassis equipped with a side mount radiator and hydraulic system. The filter gasket for the power steering hydraulic fluid can blow out due to pressure spikes in the system.
Vehicle description: motor home chassis. These vehicles do not comply with the dash light intensity requirement of fmvss no. 101, "Controls and displays."
Covers1998 Freightliner XC
Vehicle description: heavy duty vehicles equipped with meritor rs-17145 rear axles. The weld attaching the spindles to the housing may not have been welded properly.
Covers1998 Freightliner XC
Questions about the Freightliner XC
Which Freightliner XC years have the fewest complaints?
How many recalls does the Freightliner XC have?
NHTSA lists 12 recalls across all Freightliner XC model years. Each year's page lists the recalls for that year; check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see whether the repair has been done.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data