Reliability & cost of ownership
Freightliner Columbia Glider Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Freightliner Columbia Glider? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Freightliner Columbia Glider problems by model year
7 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 6 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Columbia Glider | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2015 Columbia Glider | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2014 Columbia Glider | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2013 Columbia Glider | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2012 Columbia Glider | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2011 Columbia Glider | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |