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Freightliner Business Class M2

Model years 2000–2027 · 111 recall campaigns · 36 complaints · 8 investigations · filed by FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

The Freightliner Business Class M2 appears on NHTSA's register for model years 2000 to 2027: 111 recall campaigns (284 model-year entries) and 36 consumer complaints.

The component named most often in complaints is service brakes (162.8 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by suspension (93).

The 2004 model year has the most complaints (8). Recall campaigns peaked in 2018 with 10; complaints were received in the largest number in 2006 (6). Within Freightliner, this line ranks 7 of 77 by total complaints.

Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Model years

Model yearRecallsComplaintsvs line averageUnits in campaigns
2000 Freightliner Business Class M2 NHTSA record100%2,000
2001 Freightliner Business Class M2200%32,332
2002 Freightliner Business Class M2500%57,334
2003 Freightliner Business Class M25178%130,934
2004 Freightliner Business Class M298622%226,427
2005 Freightliner Business Class M297544%278,033
2006 Freightliner Business Class M2137544%479,138
2007 Freightliner Business Class M2174311%483,189
2008 Freightliner Business Class M214178%414,846
2009 Freightliner Business Class M282156%183,934
2010 Freightliner Business Class M21000%186,460
2011 Freightliner Business Class M2800%181,324
2012 Freightliner Business Class M212178%186,903
2013 Freightliner Business Class M21100%180,414
2014 Freightliner Business Class M21000%113,563
2015 Freightliner Business Class M2143233%88,779
2016 Freightliner Business Class M216178%97,176
2017 Freightliner Business Class M215178%101,514
2018 Freightliner Business Class M21600%162,805
2019 Freightliner Business Class M22300%167,991
2020 Freightliner Business Class M21200%331,174
2021 Freightliner Business Class M21400%348,951
2022 Freightliner Business Class M2900%276,517
2023 Freightliner Business Class M2700%41,112
2024 Freightliner Business Class M2700%36,958
2025 Freightliner Business Class M21100%43,579
2026 Freightliner Business Class M2500%44,772
2027 Freightliner Business Class M2 NHTSA record100%23,276

"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.

Components most reported

Per 1,000 component mentions across all Freightliner Business Class M2 complaints (43 mentions).

Campaigns by year reported

03
05
07
09
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
Distinct NHTSA campaigns naming the Freightliner Business Class M2, by the year the Part 573 report was received.

Complaints by year received

04
06
08
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
Complaints about any Freightliner Business Class M2 model year, by year received.

Other Freightliner model lines

All 77 Freightliner model lines

Questions and answers

Which Freightliner Business Class M2 model years have the most recalls?

2019 (23), 2007 (17), 2016 (16). Across model years 2000–2027 there are 111 distinct campaigns.

Which Freightliner Business Class M2 model year has the most complaints?

2004, with 8 of the line's 36 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.

What do owners of the Freightliner Business Class M2 complain about?

service brakes (162.8 per 1,000 mentions), suspension (93 per 1,000 mentions), electrical system (93 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Where does this data come from?

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.