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Freightliner Cargo

Every Freightliner Cargo model year on file, 1997 to 2007. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years71997 to 2007
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1Summed across model years
By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75119971199819992002200420052007
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Speed control leads the Freightliner Cargo complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Speed control
1
Trailer hitches
1
Equipment
1
Airbags
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Freightliner Cargo model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Freightliner Cargo by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2007Van10.017101
2005Not decoded0NoneNone100
2004Not decoded0NoneNone100
2002Not decoded10.0100000
1999Not decoded0NoneNone200
1998Not decoded0NoneNone100
1997Van10.020000
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner Cargo

  • 06V-205 Jun 12, 2006
    Certain heavy trucks, shuttle buses, and school buses equipped with bendix modulated spring brake valves
    Brakes · 5,243 vehicles
  • 05V-469 Oct 5, 2005
    Certain 2004 and 2005 freightliner van, motor home, shuttle bus, and school bus chassis manufactured between january 2004 and may 2005
    Fuel system · 8,310 vehicles
  • 01V-044-002 Feb 21, 2001
    Vehicle description: trucks, school bus and motor home chassis, and transit buses equipped with tie rod assemblies manufactured by trw
    Steering · 16k vehicles
  • 99V-256 Sep 20, 1999
    These vehicles have dual axle steering with a hydraulic valve which diverts power assist from one side to the other as necessary
    Steering · 422 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.