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Freightliner FL70 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Freightliner FL70 (1995–2002). The most-complained-about year is 1997.

2
safety recalls, all years
2
owner complaints, all years
1995
year with most recalls
1997
year with most complaints

Pick your Freightliner FL70 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2002 Freightliner FL7011
1997 Freightliner FL7011
1996 Freightliner FL7010
1995 Freightliner FL7010

What Freightliner FL70 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The 1997 model year has the most, with 1.

All Freightliner FL70 recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Freightliner FL70, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 06V185000 Reported 4 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    Certain truck cab-chassis fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems." these trucks were shipped to a final stage manufacturer in mexico and sold in puerto rico without the required compliance certification labeling or an anti-lock braking system.

    Remedy: These vehicles will either be retrofit to bring them into compliance, or exported out of puerto rico. If they are retrofit, freightliner will send personnel and parts to add an anti-lock braking system, install the…

    Model years: 2002

  2. Vehicle speed control

    NHTSA 03V246000 Reported 62 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    On certain trucks and buses equipped with cummins electronic control modules on the c8.3g and l10g engines, the ECM does not have the ability to detect a throttle fail-safe engine shutdown command. This could result in an unanticipated, uncommanded open throttle condition without warning.

    Remedy: Cummins will notify the customers and replace the ECM. Owners should contact cummins at 1-800-343-7357 or freightliner at 1-503-745-5219.

    Model years: 1995, 1996, 1997

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.