Freightliner FLD112 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 13 model years of the Freightliner FLD112 (1989–2008). The most-complained-about year is 1997.
Pick your Freightliner FLD112 model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 Freightliner FLD112 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 Freightliner FLD112 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 Freightliner FLD112 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 Freightliner FLD112 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 Freightliner FLD112 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 Freightliner FLD112 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 Freightliner FLD112 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 Freightliner FLD112 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 Freightliner FLD112 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 Freightliner FLD112 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 Freightliner FLD112 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 Freightliner FLD112 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 Freightliner FLD112 | 1 | 0 |
What Freightliner FLD112 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 FLD112 recalls (3)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Freightliner FLD112, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Check valve (service brakes)
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,…
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Linkages (steering)
Interference between the pitman arm and the steering gear housing due to insufficient clearance.
Remedy: Inspect vehicles for clearance and replace pitman arm if additional clearance with steering gear housing is necessary.
Model years: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
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Fan (engine and engine cooling)
The fan blade or the fan shroud can fracture due to insufficient fore and aft clearance in the lower area of the fan shroud.
Remedy: Depending on several factors, either: remove and replace fan shroud; remove and replace the fan spacer; or remove and omit the fan spacer.
Model years: 1990, 1991
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.