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Freightliner Xb Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 14 model years of the Freightliner Xb (1992–2005).

5
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
1993
year with most recalls

Pick your Freightliner Xb model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2005 Freightliner Xb10
2004 Freightliner Xb10
2003 Freightliner Xb10
2002 Freightliner Xb10
2001 Freightliner Xb20
2000 Freightliner Xb10
1999 Freightliner Xb10
1998 Freightliner Xb10
1997 Freightliner Xb20
1996 Freightliner Xb20
1995 Freightliner Xb20
1994 Freightliner Xb20
1993 Freightliner Xb20
1992 Freightliner Xb10

All Freightliner Xb recalls (5)

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

  1. Fuel pump (fuel system)

    NHTSA 05V469000 Reported 8,310 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    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…

    Model years: 2004, 2005

  2. Fuel system, diesel

    NHTSA 05V205000 Reported 16,000 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    Certain 1998-2003 my freightliner fs-65 school bus chassis and mb-45, mb-55, and xb shuttle bus chassis, and thomas built bus: mvp-er and mvp-ef school bus and non-school bus models equipped with cummins isb diesel engines and equipped with federal-mogal 12 and 24 volt fuel lift pumps. The fuel pump could fail to transfer fuel…

    Remedy: Cummins will notify the customers of freightliner and thomas built and replace the fuel lift pump free of charge. Owners may contact cummins at 1-800-diesels.

    Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

  3. Accelerator pedal (vehicle speed control)

    NHTSA 01V322002 Reported 2,700 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: medium duty trucks, fire trucks, and transit buses and school buses equipped with electronic throttle control/accelerator pedals supplied by williams controls industries. The weld attaching the clevis to the plate has insufficient penetration and could allow the clevis to separate from the plate.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace these pedals. Owner notification began march 18, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable…

    Model years: 2001

  4. Arm (steering)

    NHTSA 98V156000 Reported 5,041 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    Vehicle description: walk-in van and shuttle bus chassis equipped with meritor model fc-921 front axles. Stress cracks can occur in the left front axle steering knuckle.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the left hand steering knuckle with a newly designed knuckle with a larger cross section in the area that was cracking.

    Model years: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

  5. Column shift (power train)

    NHTSA 97V090002 Reported 1,993 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION

    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.

    Model years: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

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.