Freightliner Mc Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Freightliner Mc (1996–2005).
Pick your Freightliner Mc model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 Freightliner Mc | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 Freightliner Mc | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 Freightliner Mc | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 Freightliner Mc | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 Freightliner Mc | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 Freightliner Mc | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 Freightliner Mc | 1 | 0 |
All Freightliner Mc recalls (4)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Freightliner Mc, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Fuel pump (fuel system)
Certain 2004 and 2005 freightliner van, motor home, shuttle bus, and school bus chassis manufactured between january 2004 and may 2005. Erratic voltage supply to the fuel lift pump causes premature wear of the pump. This premature wear could result in fuel lift pump failure and in some cases may cause an engine stall condition.
Remedy: Cummins will notify the owners of the freightliner and thomas built vehicles and will repair the engines by emc recalibration and replacement of the fuel lift pump at no charge to the customer. Owners may contact…
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Antilock (service brakes)
Vehicle description: shuttle buses, recreational vehicles, utility vans, and heavy duty trucks equipped with meritor wabco phase 1, d-version antilock brake system (ABS), fail to comply to the requirements of FMVSS no. 105, "hydraulic and electric brake systems." an internal diagnostic system in the ABS may not detect an extreme wheel…
Remedy: Dealers will remove and replace the ABS ECU or the ECU will be reprogrammed. Owner notification began february 6, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not…
Model years: 1999
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Labels (equipment)
Vehicle description: motor home chassis. The tire pressure on the certification labels are incorrect for the designated gross axle weight rating. This does not comply with requirements of part 567, "certification."
Remedy: Owners will be mailed an overlay with the correct tire pressure.
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Service brakes, air
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
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.