Automatic Emergency Braking Errors
EA25006
Still open engineering analysis · opened October 23, 2025 · forward collision avoidance
NHTSA safety record
Freightliner
Every complaint, recall and defect investigation on file for a Freightliner, model years 2010 to 2024.
16
Vehicles
223
Complaints
467
Recalls
15
Fires
8
Deaths
16Freightliner year and model combinations have enough on file to be worth a page here, and between them their owners have filed 223 safety complaints with NHTSA. More of those name forward collision avoidance than any other system: 49 of them. The single most complained-about is the 2019 Cascadia, with 28.
NHTSA holds 467 recall campaigns naming Freightliner vehicles, across every model year the agency records rather than only the ones shown here. 1 defect investigation into these vehicles is open and unresolved. A death has been reported in 5 of these 16 vehicles.
Most complained-about Freightliner models
Complaints for every published model year of each model added together. A model that sold in larger numbers collects more complaints, and nothing here divides by sales because NHTSA does not publish them.
What goes wrong on a Freightliner
The systems named most often across every Freightliner complaint on file. One complaint can name more than one system, so these add up to more than the complaint total. "Unknown or other" is excluded: it is what the intake form records when an owner cannot place the failure.
- FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 49
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 46
- SERVICE BRAKES 35
- STEERING 27
- ENGINE 21
Open investigations (1)
NHTSA has decided a pattern is worth examining and has not closed the file. A preliminary evaluation is often closed with no action; an engineering analysis is the stage that usually precedes a recall.
Most recent Freightliner recalls
The newest campaigns naming a Freightliner, by the date the manufacturer's defect report reached NHTSA. Each one covers a build range, which may be narrower than the model years listed.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
26V475000 · July 22, 2026
Insufficient low beam headlight illumination can reduce driver visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC · up to 23,276 vehicles
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
26V066000 · February 4, 2026
A lack of lubrication may cause binding gears and difficulty steering, increasing the risk of a crash.
FONTAINE MODIFICATION CO. · up to 280 vehicles
SUSPENSION:CRITICAL FASTENERS
25V760000 · November 5, 2025
A loss of vehicle control increases the risk of a crash.
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC · up to 18,783 vehicles
Pages 2020 Business Class M2
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
25V603000 · September 12, 2025
A loss of vehicle steering control increases the risk of a crash.
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC · up to 343 vehicles
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER
25V601000 · September 12, 2025
A loss of brake function can increase the risk of a crash. In addition, a damaged wheel or tire can lead to a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC · up to 402 vehicles
STEERING
25V504000 · August 6, 2025
A steering shaft that detaches can result in a loss of steering, increasing the risk of a crash.
FONTAINE MODIFICATION CO. · up to 176 vehicles
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
25V440000 · June 27, 2025
Damaged wiring harnesses and brake lines can cause a loss of brake function and increase the risk of a crash. A damaged fuel line increases the risk of a fire.
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC · up to 4 vehicles
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:RESERVOIR/TANK
25V295000 · May 7, 2025
Reduced brake performance can extend the distance required to stop, increasing the risk of a crash.
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC · up to 68 vehicles
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
25V187000 · March 25, 2025
Brake lights that fail increase the risk of a crash.
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC · up to 1,968 vehicles
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE/IPDM
25V046000 · March 12, 2025
A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC · up to 810 vehicles
Every manufacturer's latest recalls, or check a single car with the VIN lookup.
Every Freightliner page on this site
16 vehicles across 3 models, newest model year first.
Built from NHTSA's complaint file published August 20, 2026, its recall campaign API and its defect investigation file. A complaint is one owner's unverified account, not a finding of fault. How this is counted. · All makes
Compiled and maintained by guarledes
Independent developer and analyst