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Freightliner FL70

Every Freightliner FL70 model year on file, 1995 to 2002. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years41995 to 2002
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.75119951996199712002
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Freightliner FL70 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
1
Tires
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Freightliner FL70 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 FL70 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2002Bus10.0100100
1997Not decoded10.0100100
1996Not decoded0NoneNone100
1995Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner FL70

  • 06V-185 May 26, 2006
    Certain truck cab-chassis fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems." these trucks…
    Equipment · 4 vehicles
  • 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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.