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Freightliner FLC

Every Freightliner FLC 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 years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years111986 to 1999
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1988 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751198619871988119891991199319941995199619981999
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Suspension leads the Freightliner FLC complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension
1
Wheels
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Freightliner FLC 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 FLC by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1999Not decoded0NoneNone200
1998Not decoded0NoneNone100
1996Not decoded0NoneNone100
1995Not decoded0NoneNone100
1994Not decoded0NoneNone100
1993Not decoded0NoneNone100
1991Not decoded0NoneNone100
1989Not decoded0NoneNone100
1988Heavy truck10.0None100
1987Not decoded0NoneNone100
1986Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner FLC

  • 99V-181-002 Jul 27, 1999
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with caterpillar engines and eaton autoshift transmissions
    Electrical system · 320 vehicles
  • 99V-055-002 Mar 29, 1999
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with meritor air brake automatic slack adjusters
    Brakes · 285 vehicles
  • 97V-196-001 Nov 4, 1997
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with design level 1, rockwell ff980 series front axle
    Suspension · 4,048 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
  • 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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.