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Freightliner FLD120

Every Freightliner FLD120 model year on file, 1989 to 2008. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years273 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years181989 to 2008
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins2Summed across model years
By model year

The 2000 model year drew the most complaints, 8, 30% of the model's total

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

024681989199119931996199820008200320052008
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 FLD120 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension
10
Tires
4
Brakes
3
Powertrain
3
Engine and cooling
3
Wheels
2
Electrical system
2
Structure
1
Latches and locks
1
Speed control
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Freightliner FLD120 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 FLD120 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2008Not decoded0NoneNone210
2007Not decoded0NoneNone210
2006Heavy truck10.0100210
2005Not decoded0NoneNone100
2004Not decoded0NoneNone100
2003Not decoded0NoneNone100
2001Truck50.0250000
2000Heavy truck812.5267000
1999Heavy truck520.0167000
1998Not decoded30.0300002
1997Heavy truck10.050100
1996Heavy truck250.0200010
1995Heavy truck10.040010
1993Not decoded0NoneNone100
1992Heavy truck10.0None100
1991Not decoded0NoneNone100
1990Not decoded0NoneNone100
1989Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner FLD120

  • 07V-530 Nov 13, 2007
    On certain truck-tractors equipped with holland simplex se or se ii fifth wheels, the latch lever pivot bolt assembly may have been over-tightened…
    Trailer hitches · 38k vehicles
  • 07V-302 Jul 16, 2007
    Certain freightliner school bus chassis, heavy trucks, and thomas built school buses manufactured between july 2002 and july 3, 2007, equipped…
    Brakes · 75k vehicles
  • 98V-001 Jan 5, 1998
    Vehicle description: truck/tractors
    Brakes · 21 vehicles
  • 93V-103 Jun 14, 1993
    Interference between the pitman arm and the steering gear housing due to insufficient clearance
    Steering · 33 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.