Freightliner M2: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 44 recall campaigns for the Freightliner M2, model years 2005 to 2024. NHTSA has 30 complaints on file for this model line. 18 of the 20 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Freightliner M2 is number 11 of 77 model lines of Freightliner on the register. Recall campaigns for the Freightliner M2: 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.

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Model years

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

Freightliner M2: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2024 Freightliner M2	2	0	0%	2,566
2023 Freightliner M2	2	0	0%	511
2022 Freightliner M2 NHTSA page	1	3	200%	57,504
2021 Freightliner M2	2	8	533%	118,108
2020 Freightliner M2	2	0	0%	118,108
2019 Freightliner M2 NHTSA page	1	1	67%	60,604
2018 Freightliner M2	4	0	0%	46
2017 Freightliner M2	6	1	67%	1,197
2016 Freightliner M2	6	2	133%	4,665
2015 Freightliner M2	12	1	67%	22,876
2014 Freightliner M2	11	1	67%	16,965
2013 Freightliner M2	8	1	67%	15,321
2012 Freightliner M2	9	2	133%	15,786
2011 Freightliner M2	17	0	0%	77,057
2010 Freightliner M2	17	1	67%	71,201
2009 Freightliner M2	15	3	200%	71,050
2008 Freightliner M2	10	1	67%	53,878
2007 Freightliner M2	7	2	133%	19,815
2006 Freightliner M2	5	3	200%	10,872
2005 Freightliner M2	2	0	0%	784

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

40 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 M2: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Engine	175	7
Electrical System	125	5
Tires	100	4
Power Train	100	4
Service Brakes, Air	75	3
Vehicle Speed Control	75	3
Unknown or Other	75	3
Service Brakes	50	2
Equipment	50	2
Exterior Lighting	25	1

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Freightliner M2, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2014, with 8 campaigns.

Complaints about the Freightliner M2, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2025, with 6 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Cascadia137 campaigns
Freightliner74 campaigns
Columbia63 campaigns
Conventional16 campaigns
Business Class M2113 campaigns
Century38 campaigns
Sprinter 250071 campaigns
FL-7012 campaigns
FS-6511 campaigns
FLD1204 campaigns
MT5 campaigns
Sprinter 350073 campaigns
Sprinter2 campaigns
Century Class7 campaigns
Classic9 campaigns
Business Class18 campaigns
M2 Business Class4 campaigns
FLD47 campaigns
XC13 campaigns
FL-607 campaigns
114SD66 campaigns
MT-458 campaigns
FL606 campaigns
Coronado55 campaigns
MB-704 campaigns
XC Motorhome Chassis3 campaigns
122SD26 campaigns
MT5511 campaigns
Business Class M2 106V4 campaigns
Cargo4 campaigns
108SD52 campaigns
Century ST16 campaigns
FLD1123 campaigns
Sterling5 campaigns
FL804 campaigns
FLD-1203 campaigns
Sprinter 150039 campaigns
Sprinter 450038 campaigns
Argosy26 campaigns
FLN21 campaigns
MT458 campaigns
FLA7 campaigns
FLC5 campaigns
MT-553 campaigns
FS-65 School Bus Chassis2 campaigns
COE15 campaigns
Classic XL13 campaigns
XB5 campaigns
FLB9 campaigns
MB-553 campaigns
MB-604 campaigns
FLD120SD4 campaigns
VCL5 campaigns
American Lafrance7 campaigns
E-Cascadia4 campaigns
MB-452 campaigns
EM24 campaigns
MC4 campaigns
FL80 Business Class2 campaigns
Sprinter (VS30)6 campaigns

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: Daimler Trucks North America LLC

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Questions

Which Freightliner M2 model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2011 with 17, 2010 with 17, 2009 with 15. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Freightliner M2 model year has the most complaints?: The 2021 model year, with 8 of the 30 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Freightliner M2 name?: Engine: 7 component mentions. Electrical System: 5 component mentions. Tires: 4 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Freightliner M2?: 4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.