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Freightliner FL60

Every Freightliner FL60 model year on file, 1991 to 2000. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years50 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years81991 to 2000
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1Summed across model years
By model year

The 2000 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 80% of the model's total

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

01234199119921993199419951996199720004
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Freightliner FL60 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
6
Powertrain
3
Suspension
3
Steering
1
Visibility and wipers
1
Lighting
1
Engine and cooling
1
Seat belts
1
Electrical system
1
Fuel system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Freightliner FL60 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 FL60 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2000Truck40.0200001
1997Not decoded0NoneNone100
1996Not decoded0NoneNone100
1995Not decoded0NoneNone100
1994Truck10.0100100
1993Not decoded0NoneNone200
1992Not decoded0NoneNone300
1991Not decoded0NoneNone400
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner FL60

  • 03V-246 Jul 10, 2003
    On certain trucks and buses equipped with cummins electronic control modules on the c8.3g and l10g engines, the ecm does not have the ability to…
    Speed control · 62 vehicles
  • 97V-114-001 Aug 4, 1997
    Vehicle description: heavy duty truck
    Lighting · 77k vehicles
  • 93V-148 Sep 14, 1993
    Windshield wiper arm support cracks where the wiper arm pivot mounts to the support brackets causing failure of the system
    Visibility and wipers · 985 vehicles
  • 93V-104 Jun 14, 1993
    As the brake pads wear, the brake caliper travel may be limited by interference with the main support member (z-bar spring) of the suspension
    Brakes · 56 vehicles
  • 91V-178 Oct 15, 1991
    Reservoir interior paint was allowed to enter the air reservoir check valve, and the valve is not properly seated
    Brakes · 49 vehicles
  • 91V-177 Oct 15, 1991
    Hook size of the throttle return spring is too small resulting in a tight fit around the anchor nut, causing the throttle return spring to break…
    Speed control · 420 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.