By model year
Freightliner XB complaints by model year
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.
Model line
Freightliner XB
Every Freightliner XB model year on file, 1992 to 2005. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years141992 to 2005
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins6Summed across model years
Components
Complaints by component
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each Freightliner XB 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.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Freightliner XB
- 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-205 Apr 27, 2005
Certain 1998-2003 my freightliner fs-65 school bus chassis and mb-45, mb-55, and xb shuttle bus chassis, and thomas built bus: mvp-er and mvp-ef…
Fuel system · 16k vehicles - 01V-322-002 Nov 15, 2001
Vehicle description: medium duty trucks, fire trucks, and transit buses and school buses equipped with electronic throttle control/accelerator…
Speed control · 2,700 vehicles - 98V-156 Jul 21, 1998
Vehicle description: walk-in van and shuttle bus chassis equipped with meritor model fc-921 front axles
Steering · 5,041 vehicles - 97V-090-002 Sep 2, 1997
Vehicle description: medium and heavy duty trucks chassis equipped with allison 500 series transmission and a bendix 9x3 power apply park brake system
Powertrain · 1,993 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.