Warning, if you buy one of these and it has the standard adjustable air deflector on top the antanae's will whip around and beat themselves against the deflector. This will cause them to break off at the base. And to make things worse the passenger side also picks up the fm for your radio. So as of today with just under 3000 miles on my new truck it is missing both antanae's and doesn't pick up any radio stations. Thats Freightliner for you!
2011 Cascadia day cab problems
Discussion in 'Freightliner Forum' started by yarddogmbw, Mar 21, 2011.
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haha, oh wait. I am driving one of those right now.
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Why is it that the newer the truck, the stupider it seems they're designed? Don't we have enough possible problems to worry about with all the new emissions crap they keep coming up with, none of which seem to be very reliable or well thought out?
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New update. 3,300 miles and the axle seals are leaking. In the shop now.
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Had that twice on brand new KWs , had 1 on LF steer lasted 300 miles after they replaced it .
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No idea but a lot of MFG's seem to be getting dumber. They seem to be so worried about certain design aspects they miss the obvious stuff. I think it was Volvo and FL that both were shaped (probably still are) so the wipers would flip the water onto the mirrors so you couldn't see behind you.

I have had axle seals leak but only if the truck was decked when delivered, if it was the one they drove it was fine. The driver is the one that puts the axle shafts back in at the dealer and let's face it most can't change wiper blades so that paper gasket is a big deal. It's a $2.00 part and if they tear it they install it anyway.
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That was the problem the trucks were decked and they did a crappy job when they put the axles in.
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look forward to egr related problems down the road.
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If your axle seals are leaking, they probably weren't torqued on delivery. When any truck arrived, the lug nuts and axle nuts were re-torqued to avoid this.
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