https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Freightliner Cascadia. en-us Sat, 12 Sep 2026 05:03:26 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2178201 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2178202 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2178203 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2176295 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The vehicle whose VIN and other identifying details are stated above was sold on May 27 by [XXX] , owner of Koza Transportation LLC, to my company, Skyturk Transportation LLC, which I established in the United States. At the time of sale, the vehicle’s mileage was represented as 395,204 miles and supported by video and photographic evidence. However, subsequent investigations revealed that the sam https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2173771 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Premature failure of TPMS sensors in 3 tires. Battery alert on them. Only 23,000 miles on vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2131263 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT The forward collision avoidance system fails to distinguish stationary objects from animate objects resulting in immediate engagement of the braking system. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2125732 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT There is a defect on the Freightliner Cascadia Oil Pump Manifold aka Oil Pickup Tube which causes engine failure and will go out without warning https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2121578 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2025 Freightliner Cascadia. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the turn indicator on the instrument panel became inoperable. The contact stated that while attempting to make a turn, the sound indicator failed to function properly; however, the turn indicator was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact stated was concerned about the safety of th https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2118373 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT On August 1st, I was travelling on I-44 (a toll road with an 80 mph speed) near Claremont Oklahoma. I was doing 68 mph when a red warning message came up on my dash. It read...KINGPIN RELEASE ACTIVATED. STOP IMMEDIATELY! KINGPIN RELEASED WITHOUT REQUEST. I did not touch my brakes. I gently moved to the the shoulder and coasted to a stop...so as not to put any pressure on the kingpin or fifth https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2118374 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT On August 1st, I was travelling on I-44 (a toll road with an 80 mph speed) near Claremont Oklahoma. I was doing 68 mph when a red warning message came up on my dash. It read...KINGPIN RELEASE ACTIVATED. STOP IMMEDIATELY! KINGPIN RELEASED WITHOUT REQUEST. I did not touch my brakes. I gently moved to the the shoulder and coasted to a stop...so as not to put any pressure on the kingpin or fifth https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2116936 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2116937 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2102238 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2100473 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT I was north of Louisville Kentucky on [XXX] traveling at 65 mph and I was in the middle lane and the collision lights came on and the truck abruptly started stopping. Luckily no one was on my right side. I made it to the shoulder of the road. Thank God I wasn’t rear ended by anyone and there were three lanes of traffic. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2096245 Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2088680 Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Malfunction check engine lights on and show faults 520349. 14 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2071521 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2070393 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT I have experienced this issue a few times, and so have several acquaintances who drive the same make and model of truck as I do. Whenever it rains or I go through a truck wash, the starter shifter blocked comes on the screen while driving, causing the RPMs to fluctuate and resulting in a complete loss of power to the vehicle. One dealership informed me that this is a common problem, attributed to https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2069468 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2066174 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT KNOWN - TAKE OVER OF SLOW LANE FROM PASSING LANE ON FREEWAY RESULTING IN UN LAWFUL TAKE OVER OF SLOW LANE PLEASE ADVISE OF ALL SYSTEMS WORKING PROPERLY ON VIN DESIGNATED THANK YOU https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2062884 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2062885 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT See attached document for complaint https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2053911 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT Injector cup started leaking damaging injectors and causing cross contamination between fuel and coolant. This is a know problem for the isx and cummins should pay for the repair https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2053912 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT Injector cup started leaking damaging injectors and causing cross contamination between fuel and coolant. This is a know problem for the isx and cummins should pay for the repair https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2053824 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT I am writing to bring to your attention a potentially dangerous situation caused by what I believe to be a manufacturer design flaw with the SS 1034797 M2, 108SD, 114SD Coolant Level Sensor P/N 06-93316-002. On [XXX], one of our trucks (VIN: [XXX]) experienced a low coolant warning and an automatic engine shutdown while traveling on the interstate in a construction zone. As you can imagine, the s https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2051781 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT The cruise control (level 2 autonomous) will turn itself off without any warning sometimes. This happens any time the truck is set for above the speed limit by more than 2 mph. The truck uses a speed limit map, independent of actual posted speed limits. When the truck detects a speed limit drop to below the cruise setting, either real or imagined, the cruise control disengages without any warni https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2051782 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT The cruise control (level 2 autonomous) will turn itself off without any warning sometimes. This happens any time the truck is set for above the speed limit by more than 2 mph. The truck uses a speed limit map, independent of actual posted speed limits. When the truck detects a speed limit drop to below the cruise setting, either real or imagined, the cruise control disengages without any warni https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2051783 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT The cruise control (level 2 autonomous) will turn itself off without any warning sometimes. This happens any time the truck is set for above the speed limit by more than 2 mph. The truck uses a speed limit map, independent of actual posted speed limits. When the truck detects a speed limit drop to below the cruise setting, either real or imagined, the cruise control disengages without any warni https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2051785 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT When approaching stopped traffic, sometimes the truck will respond and begin to slow down. At other times, the truck will continue at set speed toward a detected stopped vehicle, and in situations where the time and distance are way too short to justify no reaction by the system. The truck at sometimes acts like it is auto-driving; at others it acts as if it is only in crash-mitigation mode, and https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-cascadia#complaint-2051786 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT When approaching stopped traffic, sometimes the truck will respond and begin to slow down. At other times, the truck will continue at set speed toward a detected stopped vehicle, and in situations where the time and distance are way too short to justify no reaction by the system. The truck at sometimes acts like it is auto-driving; at others it acts as if it is only in crash-mitigation mode, and