1998 Freightliner FL-60

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › frame and members. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Structure › Frame and Members	1		1	0	5
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Parking Brake › Driveline99V085000

Filed Apr 20, 19991,935 vehiclesFreightliner Corporation

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH A DRIVELINE PARKING BRAKE. THE FASTENERS THAT CONNECT THE END OF TRANSMISSION COMPANION FLANGE TO THE PARK DRUM AND DRIVELINE MAY LOOSEN.

Risk. IF THIS IS UNDETECTED, THE FASTENERS MAY FATIGUE AND EVENTUALLY SHEAR OFF ALLOWING THE DRIVELINE TO SEPARATE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FLANGE FASTENERS FOR PROPER TORQUE AND REPLACE ANY FASTENERS FOUND LOOSE. IF THE FASTENERS ARE FOUND TO BE PROPERLY TORQUED, THEY WILL BE REMOVED, PERMALOCK WILL BE ADDED, AND THEN RETORQUED TO PROPER SPECIFICATIONS.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly

Filed Nov 21, 2000MI

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS USING VEHICLE AS AN AMBULANCE. DRIVER'S SIDE INBOUND SEAT BELT BUCKLE PLASTIC SLEEVE MECHANISM HAS COME OFF, CAUSING BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER HAS STATED THAT ENTIRE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY NEED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Structure › Frame and MembersCrash5 injured

Filed May 3, 2000AL

NOTICE NUMEROUR MISSING AND SPOTTY WELDS, CALCULATIONS OF WELD STENGTH, NONE OF THE VEHICLE WOULD WITHSTAND A SIDE OR REAR IMPACT FROM A MID SIZE VEHICLE TRAVELING AT MODERATE SPEEDS WITHOUT THE SEAMS OF THE BOX COMING APART, POOR DESIGN, LACK OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND NEGLIGENT QUALITY CONTROL

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2000	5	0	Routine
1999	0	1	Routine
1998 — this page	2	1	Routine
1997	0	2	Routine
1996	2	3	Routine
1995	0	5	Routine
1994	1	4	Routine
1993	2	5	Routine
1992	0	6	Routine
1991	0	7	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Apr 20, 1999. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.