Freightliner E-cascadiaYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 0 owner complaints and 4 safety recalls on record for the Freightliner E-cascadia.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints0—Safety recalls42020–2026 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Freightliner E-cascadia years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the E-cascadia median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2026Too new–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls 2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls 2022Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2020Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Freightliner E-cascadia problems

All model years combined: 0 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

4 recalls

Freightliner E-cascadia recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Steering: critical fasteners25V-603 · 2026 · Sep 11, 2025 · 343 vehicles Wiring: power distribution module/ipdm25V-046 · 2020–2025 · Mar 12, 2025 · 810 vehicles Power train: axle assembly23V-467 · 2023–2024 · Jul 6, 2023 · 82 vehicles Control module: software23V-453 · 2023–2024 · Jun 28, 2023 · 332 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the E-cascadia

Nov 5, 2024
EVDM connector plate separationPE24032 · 2020–2025 · closed Jun 10, 2025
Led to recall 25V-046