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Freightliner MT-55

Every Freightliner MT-55 model year on file, 2003 to 2008. 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 years62003 to 2008
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins16Summed across model years
By model year

The 2005 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7512003200420051200620072008
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 MT-55 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Freightliner MT-55 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-55 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2008Not decoded0NoneNone103
2007Not decoded0NoneNone213
2006Not decoded0NoneNone103
2005Van10.011203
2004Not decoded0NoneNone102
2003Not decoded0NoneNone102
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner MT-55

  • 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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.