Freightliner Business Class

Owners filed 13 complaints across 13 model years of the Freightliner Business Class. The 2003 drew the most (7).

Model years13
Complaints13
Recalls55
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Freightliner Business Class years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Freightliner Business Class model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Freightliner Business Class model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20037
1—1Structure › Body › DoorRoutine
20020
5———Routine
20010
6———Routine
20001
9—1WheelsRoutine
19991
5——Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipRoutine
19980
5———Routine
19972
6——Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
19960
5———Routine
19952
4——Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/RegulatorRoutine
19940
3———Routine
19930
2———Routine
19920
2———Routine
19910
2———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.