Recall Register

Freightliner FLD: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 47 recall campaigns for the Freightliner FLD, model years 1986 to 2011. NHTSA has 10 complaints on file for this model line. 20 of the 24 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Freightliner FLD is number 10 of 77 model lines of Freightliner on the register. Recall campaigns for the Freightliner FLD: none in 2024 and none in 2025. For all Freightliner vehicles, the count fell by 20.0%, from 10 in 2024 to 8 in 2025.

Select a model yearNHTSA VIN lookup

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.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

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

  1. 19861
  2. 19871
  3. 19882
  4. 19892
  5. 19901
  6. 19913
  7. 19921
  8. 19934
  9. 19945
  10. 19953
  11. 19965
  12. 19972
  13. 19985
  14. 19998
  15. 20008
  16. 20014
  17. 20046
  18. 20053
  19. 20067
  20. 200710
  21. 200810
  22. 20097
  23. 20108
  24. 20112
Freightliner FLD: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2011 Freightliner FLD200%7,816
2010 Freightliner FLD800%108,755
2009 Freightliner FLD700%108,014
2008 Freightliner FLD101240%222,573
2007 Freightliner FLD1000%289,580
2006 Freightliner FLD700%274,295
2005 Freightliner FLD31240%160,862
2004 Freightliner FLD61240%139,022
2001 Freightliner FLD41240%45,292
2000 Freightliner FLD81240%136,431
1999 Freightliner FLD81240%149,166
1998 Freightliner FLD52480%44,514
1997 Freightliner FLD21240%35,502
1996 Freightliner FLD51240%18,296
1995 Freightliner FLD300%740
1994 Freightliner FLD500%109,488
1993 Freightliner FLD400%115,777
1992 Freightliner FLD NHTSA page100%77,000
1991 Freightliner FLD300%94,636
1990 Freightliner FLD NHTSA page100%2,976
1989 Freightliner FLD200%5,312
1988 Freightliner FLD200%5,312
1987 Freightliner FLD NHTSA page100%2,336
1986 Freightliner FLD NHTSA page100%2,336

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

11 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 FLD: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Electrical System181.82
Power Train181.82
Steering181.82
Engine and Engine Cooling90.91
Tires90.91
Suspension90.91
Structure90.91
Unknown or Other90.91

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Freightliner FLD, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2001, with 5 campaigns.
Complaints about the Freightliner FLD, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 2 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Freightliner: all 77 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Embed this card on your site

Copy this code into your page. The card shows the figures above with their source. A line under the card links to this page.

How embedding works. It is free. Keep the link in the card and the link line under it.

Recall Register. Freightliner FLD: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/freightliner/fld/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

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

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Freightliner FLD model years have the most recall campaigns?
2008 with 10, 2007 with 10, 2010 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Freightliner FLD model year has the most complaints?
The 1998 model year, with 2 of the 10 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Freightliner FLD name?
Electrical System: 2 component mentions. Power Train: 2 component mentions. Steering: 2 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Freightliner FLD?
2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.