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Freightliner COLUMBIA at salvage auctions

Freightliner COLUMBIA: model passport

Everything our database knows about the Freightliner COLUMBIA: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

110 complaints about the Freightliner COLUMBIA (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints110
With a crash8
With a fire8
Injured32
Deaths2
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Engine and cooling
    median 113,227 mi at failure
    32 29%
  2. Transmission and drivetrain
    median 177,613 mi at failure
    27 25%
  3. Wheels and tires
    median 36,000 mi at failure
    9 8%
  4. Body and structure 7 6%
  5. Brakes
    median 190,054 mi at failure
    6 5%
  6. Electrical system
    median 193,000 mi at failure
    5 5%
  7. Visibility, wipers, sunroof
    median 51,000 mi at failure
    5 5%
  8. Suspension
    median 118,997 mi at failure
    3 3%
  9. Fuel and propulsion 3 3%
  10. Steering 3 3%
Complaints by model year
2000
442005
2010

Recalls

63 recall campaigns for the Freightliner COLUMBIA.

Recall campaigns by model year
1997
2000
2005
30
2010
2015
2020
2021

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.