Freightliner FL80 Business Class Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 6 model years of the Freightliner FL80 Business Class (2003–2008).

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All Freightliner FL80 Business Class recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Freightliner FL80 Business Class, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Reservoir/tank (service brakes)

   NHTSA 19V370000 Reported May 14, 2019 741 vehicles potentially affected Daimler Trucks North America LLC

   Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2004-2019 Freightliner 108SD, 114SD, 122SD, Cascadia, Columbia, Classic, FL80, FLD 120SD, Business Class M2, Western Star 4700, 4900, 6900, Sterling Acterra, L7500, LT7500, L8500, LT8500, L9500, and LT9500 vehicles. The vehicles may have an insufficient service brake air…

   Remedy: DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will add air reservoir capacity to the affected vehicles. Owner letters were mailed on November 29, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number…

   Model years: 2004, 2005

2. Check valve (service brakes)

   NHTSA 07V302000 Reported July 16, 2007 75,000 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

   Certain freightliner school bus chassis, heavy trucks, and thomas built school buses manufactured between july 2002 and july 3, 2007, equipped with bendix sr-7 spring brake control valves. The parker scv brass 90 degree single check valves (scv) which attach to the supply port of a bendix sr-7 spring brake modulating valve can break…

   Remedy: Freightliner will notify owners and repair the vehicles free of charge. The recall began on january 11, 2008 to freightliner, sterling, and freightliner custom chassis owners; to thomas built bus owners on february 1,…

   Model years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Other Freightliner models

• Cascadia253 complaints
• Freightliner135 complaints
• Columbia96 complaints
• Conventional76 complaints
• Business Class M254 complaints
• Century53 complaints
• Sprinter 250049 complaints
• FL-7037 complaints

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.