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Freightliner American Lafrance Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 7 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Freightliner American Lafrance (1997–2005).

7
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
1997
year with most recalls

Pick your Freightliner American Lafrance model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2005 Freightliner American Lafrance10
2004 Freightliner American Lafrance10
2002 Freightliner American Lafrance10
2000 Freightliner American Lafrance10
1999 Freightliner American Lafrance20
1998 Freightliner American Lafrance30
1997 Freightliner American Lafrance30

All Freightliner American Lafrance recalls (7)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Freightliner American Lafrance, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Suspension

    NHTSA 05V284000 Reported 634 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    Certain freightliner trucks and thomas school buses equipped with holland/neway air suspension systems, a transverse beam casting may fracture under normal loads. If a casting breaks when the vehicle is traveling on a roadway there is the potential for pieces of the casting to become projectiles and the suspension's transverse beam may…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the defective transverse beam assemblies. The recall began for thomas built owners on february 10, 2006; and for freightliner owners on april 14, 2006. Owners may contact freightliner…

    Model years: 2004

  2. Wheels

    NHTSA 05V185000 Reported 3,500 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    On certain heavy duty class 8 trucks equipped with accuride aluminum wheels, the wheels were not properly pre-stressed. This allows cracks to develop over time.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the wheels free of charge. The recall began on october 21, 2005. Owners may contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712.

    Model years: 2005

  3. Fuel pump (fuel system)

    NHTSA 02V318002 Reported 2,616 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    On certain trucks equipped with caterpillar 3126e hydraulically controlled electronically actuated unit injected diesel engines with high efficiency pumps (hep8), the pump components may experience a high pressure seal failure which can result in a short period of rough running and subsequent engine stall due to a loss of injection…

    Remedy: Caterpillar is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Dealers will inspect the pump serial numbers and replace the pump if necessary. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on…

    Model years: 2002

  4. Seat belts

    NHTSA 00V293000 Reported 65 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: certain fire trucks fail to comply with requirements of FMVSS no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages." the forward facing rear seat belt anchorages do not comply.

    Remedy: Additional reinforcements will be added to the seat belt anchorages.

    Model years: 1999, 2000

  5. Supply (service brakes)

    NHTSA 99V145000 Reported 32 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: fire trucks equipped with air tank drain heaters. The wiring used in the harness for the air tank drain heater is undersized.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the harness with one that has larger gauge wires.

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999

  6. Anchorage (seat belts)

    NHTSA 98V050000 Reported 213 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: fire apparatus cabs equipped with center mounted rear seats. The upper d-ring seat belt anchorages for the rear seats fail to comply to the requirements of FMVSS no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages."

    Remedy: Dealers will replace these d-ring anchorages.

    Model years: 1997, 1998

  7. Antilock (service brakes)

    NHTSA 98V051000 Reported 125 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: fire apparatus vehicles. The front brakes fail to comply with the brake release timing requirements of FMVSS no. 121, "air brake systems."

    Remedy: Dealers will repair these vehicles.

    Model years: 1997, 1998

Other Freightliner models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.