Recall Register

Freightliner Business Class M2: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 113 recall campaigns for the Freightliner Business Class M2, model years 2000 to 2027. NHTSA has 55 complaints on file for this model line. 27 of the 28 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Freightliner Business Class M2 is number 2 of 77 model lines of Freightliner on the register. Recall campaigns for the Freightliner Business Class M2: 6 in 2024 and 6 in 2025. For all Freightliner vehicles, the count fell by 20.0%, from 10 in 2024 to 8 in 2025.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20001
  2. 20012
  3. 20025
  4. 20035
  5. 20049
  6. 20059
  7. 200613
  8. 200717
  9. 200814
  10. 20098
  11. 201010
  12. 20118
  13. 201212
  14. 201311
  15. 201410
  16. 201514
  17. 201616
  18. 201715
  19. 201816
  20. 201923
  21. 202012
  22. 202114
  23. 202210
  24. 20238
  25. 20248
  26. 202513
  27. 20266
  28. 20272
Freightliner Business Class M2: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2027 Freightliner Business Class M2200%23,300
2026 Freightliner Business Class M26151%44,796
2025 Freightliner Business Class M213151%46,059
2024 Freightliner Business Class M2800%39,414
2023 Freightliner Business Class M28151%43,568
2022 Freightliner Business Class M210151%278,973
2021 Freightliner Business Class M2142102%348,951
2020 Freightliner Business Class M2128407%331,174
2019 Freightliner Business Class M22300%167,991
2018 Freightliner Business Class M21600%162,805
2017 Freightliner Business Class M215151%101,514
2016 Freightliner Business Class M216151%97,176
2015 Freightliner Business Class M2144204%88,779
2014 Freightliner Business Class M21000%113,563
2013 Freightliner Business Class M21100%180,414
2012 Freightliner Business Class M2124204%186,903
2011 Freightliner Business Class M2800%181,324
2010 Freightliner Business Class M21000%186,460
2009 Freightliner Business Class M282102%183,934
2008 Freightliner Business Class M214151%414,846
2007 Freightliner Business Class M2174204%483,189
2006 Freightliner Business Class M2138407%479,138
2005 Freightliner Business Class M297356%278,033
2004 Freightliner Business Class M298407%226,427
2003 Freightliner Business Class M25151%130,934
2002 Freightliner Business Class M2500%57,334
2001 Freightliner Business Class M2200%32,332
2000 Freightliner Business Class M2 NHTSA page100%2,000

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

63 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Freightliner Business Class M2: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Unknown or Other190.512
Service Brakes1278
Suspension79.45
Power Train63.54
Electrical System63.54
Service Brakes, Air47.63
Fuel System, Diesel47.63
Engine and Engine Cooling47.63
Steering47.63
Service Brakes, Hydraulic47.63

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Freightliner Business Class M2, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2018, with 10 campaigns.
Complaints about the Freightliner Business Class M2, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2024, with 10 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Freightliner: all 77 model lines

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Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
3 Nov 2026
Complaint file through
5 Nov 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file
FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

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Questions

Which Freightliner Business Class M2 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2019 with 23, 2007 with 17, 2018 with 16. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Freightliner Business Class M2 model year has the most complaints?
The 2004 model year, with 8 of the 55 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Freightliner Business Class M2 name?
Unknown or Other: 190.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes: 127 per 1,000 component mentions. Suspension: 79.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Freightliner Business Class M2?
8 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.