Model year

2000 Freightliner FL-60

Truck, 4x2, built in United States. Owner complaints on file from Mar 13, 2001 to Mar 13, 2001.

Recall campaigns covering this model year0No recall campaign lists this model year
Owner complaints1Below the median 2000 truck
Severity index0.02000 trucks average 7.8
First 24 months1Complaints in its first two years
Complaints over time

Complaints about the 2000 Freightliner FL-60 peaked in 2001, with 1 filed

Owner complaints about this model year, by the year they were filed with NHTSA.

00.250.50.7512001120042007201020132016201920222026
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. The lighter column runs through October.
Components

100% of complaints about the 2000 Freightliner FL-60 name brakes

Owner complaints by component. Hover or focus a bar for the crash, fire, injury or death count.

Brakes
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. A complaint can name more than one component; it is counted under the first.
Recalls

No recall campaign lists the 2000 Freightliner FL-60

Check a specific vehicle by VIN on NHTSA's site: a campaign may cover only part of a model year's production.

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 2000 Freightliner FL-60

The full text of every complaint filed with NHTSA about this model year, newest first. Complaints are filed by owners and are not verified by NHTSA; NHTSA removes personal details before publishing.

1 complaint on file, page 1 of 1.

  1. Filed Mar 13, 2001Failure Mar 13, 2001Tucson, AZService brakes, Air, Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip

    WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED, CONSUMER WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP OR REDUCE SPEED, BUT BRAKES WOULD NOT ACTIVATE RIGHT AWAY. CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP BRAKES TO AVOID EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*AK FREIGHTLINER CORP STATED TO CONSUMER TO NOT LEAVE VEHICLE STANDING IDLE, TO PUMP THE BRAKES EVERY DAY TO BUILD UP PRESSURE AND DISPERSE THE AIR IN THE LINES, CORP IS ALSO INVITING CONSUMER TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKES IF THEY FEEL IT IS NECESSARY. *SLC

    NHTSA complaint 882935
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Investigations

NHTSA has not opened an investigation on this model year

Source: NHTSA ODI investigations file.
Service bulletins

No manufacturer communications on file

Technical service bulletins and other notices the manufacturer sent to dealers. A bulletin is not a recall.

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications files.