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Freightliner FLC

Model years 1986–1999 · 5 recall campaigns · 1 complaint · 0 investigations · filed by FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

The Freightliner FLC appears on NHTSA's register for model years 1986 to 1999: 5 recall campaigns (9 model-year entries) and 1 consumer complaint.

The component named most often in complaints is suspension (500 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by wheels (500).

The 1988 model year has the most complaints (1). Recall campaigns peaked in 1999 with 2; complaints were received in the largest number in 2005 (1). Within Freightliner, this line ranks 39 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 FLC NHTSA record100%2,336
1987 Freightliner FLC NHTSA record100%2,336
1988 Freightliner FLC NHTSA record11800%2,336
1989 Freightliner FLC NHTSA record100%2,336
1991 Freightliner FLC NHTSA record100%14,660
1996 Freightliner FLC NHTSA record100%4,048
1998 Freightliner FLC NHTSA record100%320
1999 Freightliner FLC200%605

"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

Suspension500
Wheels500

Per 1,000 component mentions across all Freightliner FLC complaints (2 mentions).

Campaigns by year reported

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

Complaints by year received

05
07
09
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
Complaints about any Freightliner FLC model year, by year received.

Other Freightliner model lines

All 77 Freightliner model lines

Questions and answers

Which Freightliner FLC model years have the most recalls?

1999 (2), 1986 (1), 1987 (1). Across model years 1986–1999 there are 5 distinct campaigns.

Which Freightliner FLC model year has the most complaints?

1988, with 1 of the line's 1 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.

What do owners of the Freightliner FLC complain about?

suspension (500 per 1,000 mentions), wheels (500 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.