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Freightliner FLA

Model years 1986–1994 · 7 recall campaigns · 1 complaint · 0 investigations · filed by FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

The Freightliner FLA appears on NHTSA's register for model years 1986 to 1994: 7 recall campaigns (19 model-year entries) and 1 consumer complaint.

The component named most often in complaints is service brakes, air (1,000 per 1,000 component mentions).

The 1991 model year has the most complaints (1). Recall campaigns peaked in 1991 with 2; complaints were received in the largest number in 1995 (1). Within Freightliner, this line ranks 38 of 77 by total complaints.

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

Model years

Model yearRecallsComplaintsvs line averageUnits in campaigns
1986 Freightliner FLA NHTSA record100%2,336
1987 Freightliner FLA NHTSA record100%2,336
1988 Freightliner FLA200%5,312
1989 Freightliner FLA200%5,312
1990 Freightliner FLA NHTSA record100%2,976
1991 Freightliner FLA41900%95,141
1992 Freightliner FLA200%77,505
1993 Freightliner FLA400%116,005
1994 Freightliner FLA200%104,500

"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

Service Brakes, Air1,000

Per 1,000 component mentions across all Freightliner FLA complaints (1 mentions).

Campaigns by year reported

91
95
99
03
07
11
15
19
23
Distinct NHTSA campaigns naming the Freightliner FLA, by the year the Part 573 report was received.

Complaints by year received

95
99
03
07
11
15
19
23
Complaints about any Freightliner FLA model year, by year received.

Other Freightliner model lines

All 77 Freightliner model lines

Questions and answers

Which Freightliner FLA model years have the most recalls?

1991 (4), 1993 (4), 1988 (2). Across model years 1986–1994 there are 7 distinct campaigns.

Which Freightliner FLA model year has the most complaints?

1991, with 1 of the line's 1 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.

What do owners of the Freightliner FLA complain about?

service brakes, air (1,000 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.