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Freightliner MT45

Model years 1995–2014 · 8 recall campaigns · 1 complaint · 0 investigations · filed by FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

Across 14 model years (1995–2014), the Freightliner MT45 has 8 NHTSA recall campaigns and 1 complaint on file.

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

The 2008 model year has the most complaints (1). Recall campaigns peaked in 1999 with 2; complaints were received in the largest number in 2010 (1). Within Freightliner, this line ranks 37 of 77 by total complaints.

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

Model years

Model yearRecallsComplaintsvs line averageUnits in campaigns
1995 Freightliner MT45 NHTSA record100%15,761
1996 Freightliner MT45200%16,264
1997 Freightliner MT45200%16,264
1998 Freightliner MT45200%16,264
1999 Freightliner MT45200%90,761
2004 Freightliner MT45 NHTSA record100%8,310
2007 Freightliner MT45 NHTSA record100%58
2008 Freightliner MT45 NHTSA record111400%58
2009 Freightliner MT45300%582
2010 Freightliner MT45200%313
2011 Freightliner MT45 NHTSA record100%255
2012 Freightliner MT45 NHTSA record100%255
2013 Freightliner MT45 NHTSA record100%255
2014 Freightliner MT45200%317

"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

Suspension1,000

Per 1,000 component mentions across all Freightliner MT45 complaints (1 mentions).

Campaigns by year reported

99
03
07
11
15
19
23
Distinct NHTSA campaigns naming the Freightliner MT45, by the year the Part 573 report was received.

Complaints by year received

10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
Complaints about any Freightliner MT45 model year, by year received.

Other Freightliner model lines

All 77 Freightliner model lines

Questions and answers

Which Freightliner MT45 model years have the most recalls?

2009 (3), 1996 (2), 1997 (2). Across model years 1995–2014 there are 8 distinct campaigns.

Which Freightliner MT45 model year has the most complaints?

2008, with 1 of the line's 1 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.

What do owners of the Freightliner MT45 complain about?

suspension (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 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 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.