Freightliner MB-80 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Freightliner MB-80 (1991–1997).
Pick your Freightliner MB-80 model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 Freightliner MB-80 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 Freightliner MB-80 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 Freightliner MB-80 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 Freightliner MB-80 | 1 | 0 |
All Freightliner MB-80 recalls (2)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Freightliner MB-80, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Column shift (power train)
Vehicle description: medium and heavy duty trucks chassis equipped with allison 500 series transmission and a bendix 9x3 power apply park brake system. The cam lever of the powered apply brake can move forward, because a hole in the transmission mounting boss was drilled too deep.
Remedy: Dealers will install shims in the drilled area of the automatic transmission park brake pivot pin hole.
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Anchorage (seat belts)
A number of cabs were assembled with fewer welds than specified in the upper b pillar near the anchorage for the seat belt. Welding materials used on the inboard anchorage bracket under the cab deck will not meet FMVSS no. 210 load test requirements when three seating positions are provided.
Remedy: Add reinforcement welds in the upper b pillar and add fasteners to the lower deck anchorage bracket.
Model years: 1991, 1992
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- 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.