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Freightliner FLA

Every Freightliner FLA model year on file, 1986 to 1999. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years121986 to 1999

Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins19Summed across model years

By model year

The 1991 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

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 FLA complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Freightliner FLA 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 FLA by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
1999	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	4
1998	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	3
1995	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2
1994	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	2
1993	Not decoded	0	None	None	5	2
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	2
1991	Heavy truck	1	100.0	None	4	2
1990	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2
1989	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0
1988	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0
1987	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0
1986	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner FLA

97V-114-001 Aug 4, 1997
Vehicle description: heavy duty truck
Lighting · 77k vehicles
96V-232 Nov 13, 1996
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with horton fan drives
Engine and cooling · 28k vehicles
95E-003-005 Apr 3, 1995
Air system blockage in the air dryer occurs degrading the moisture removing capabilities of the dryer when the vehicle is operated in a cold…
Brakes · 19k vehicles
94V-075 Mar 15, 1994
Fatigue cracks develop in the front axle knuckle suppport on high mileage vehicles that can cause knuckle failure
Steering · 2,336 vehicles
93V-202 Dec 6, 1993
Driveline u-joints exhibit excessive rates of failure at low mileages and may cause separation of the interaxle driveline
Powertrain · 11k vehicles
93V-149 Sep 14, 1993
Contact interference between the windshield wiper linkage and the motor output shaft nut causes linkage separation, resulting in failure of the system
Visibility and wipers · 505 vehicles
91V-224 Dec 30, 1991
Interaxle driveline u-joints may fail at low mileage due to a lack of lubrication in the u-joint during the assembly process
Powertrain · 15k vehicles
91V-084 Jun 3, 1991
Malformed steering wheel center section could result in a fracture of the upper hub casting
Steering · 2,976 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.