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Freightliner MT-45

Every Freightliner MT-45 model year on file, 2000 to 2008. 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 years92000 to 2008

Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins15Summed across model years

By model year

The 2000 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 40% 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

Fuel system leads the Freightliner MT-45 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system

Structure

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Freightliner MT-45 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 MT-45 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2008	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	2
2007	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	2
2006	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	3
2005	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0	3
2004	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0	2
2003	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0	2
2002	Trailer	2	0.0	100	1	0	1
2001	Van	1	0.0	25	3	0	0
2000	Van	2	0.0	36	5	0	0

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner MT-45

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
06V-321 Aug 31, 2006
On certain walk-in vans, the stop lamps may be intermittent during light brake applications
Lighting · 3,300 vehicles
05V-469 Oct 5, 2005
Certain 2004 and 2005 freightliner van, motor home, shuttle bus, and school bus chassis manufactured between january 2004 and may 2005
Fuel system · 8,310 vehicles
05V-138 Apr 5, 2005
Certain van chassis with single rear tires fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 120, "tire selection…
Equipment · 500 vehicles
01V-140-007 Sep 17, 2001
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with trw tie rod ends on certain meritor axles
Steering · 75k vehicles
01V-117 Apr 13, 2001
Vehicle description: step vans
Electrical system · 1,354 vehicles
01V-116 Apr 13, 2001
Vehicle description: step vans
Electrical system · 1,400 vehicles
00V-229-001 Aug 17, 2000
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks, shuttle buses, transit buses and step vans equipped with allison 1000 or 2400 series transmissions
Powertrain · 594 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.