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Freightliner Flc Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 8 model years of the Freightliner Flc (1986–1999). The most-complained-about year is 1988.

5
safety recalls, all years
1
owner complaints, all years
1999
year with most recalls
1988
year with most complaints

Pick your Freightliner Flc model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1999 Freightliner Flc20
1998 Freightliner Flc10
1996 Freightliner Flc10
1991 Freightliner Flc10
1989 Freightliner Flc10
1988 Freightliner Flc11
1987 Freightliner Flc10
1986 Freightliner Flc10

What Freightliner Flc owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 1988 model year has the most, with 1.

All Freightliner Flc recalls (5)

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

  1. Electrical system: module

    NHTSA 99V181002 Reported 320 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with caterpillar engines and eaton autoshift transmissions. The engines can stall because of software problems.

    Remedy: Caterpillar is conducting the owner notification and remedy of this recall. Dealers will update these engines with software changes.

    Model years: 1998, 1999

  2. Service brakes, air

    NHTSA 99V055002 Reported 285 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with meritor air brake automatic slack adjusters. Some of the automatic slack adjusters had insufficient torque applied to the guide pawl cap screw.

    Remedy: Dealers will check the torque on the automatic slack adjuster guide pawl. If there is no torque, the brakes will be adjusted and the guide pawl will be tightened to 15-20 ft. Lbs.

    Model years: 1999

  3. Hub (suspension)

    NHTSA 97V196001 Reported 4,048 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with design level 1, rockwell ff980 series front axle. The front axle hub flange can develop cracks due to high stress levels.

    Remedy: Dealers will remove and replace the front hubs with an improved design level 2 hub.

    Model years: 1996

  4. Arm (steering)

    NHTSA 94V075000 Reported 2,336 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Fatigue cracks develop in the front axle knuckle suppport on high mileage vehicles that can cause knuckle failure.

    Remedy: Replace the front axle knuckle assemblies with a redesigned knuckle that has a radius in the area where cracks have been found.

    Model years: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

  5. Universal joint (power train)

    NHTSA 91V224000 Reported 14,660 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    The interaxle driveline u-joints may fail at low mileage due to a lack of lubrication in the u-joint during the assembly process.

    Remedy: Remove and replace the interaxle u-joints.

    Model years: 1991

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.