Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1997 Freightliner FLC120

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › cooling system › fan. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Fan1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Abs Warning Light98V001000
Filed Jan 5, 199821 vehiclesFreightliner Corporation

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCK/TRACTORS. THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 121, "AIR BRAKE SYSTEMS." CONTINUOUS POWER IS TO BE SUPPLIED TO THE TRAILER ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) CIRCUIT. THESE VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH A SWITCH INSTALLED IN THE ABS CIRCUIT.

Risk. THE ABS CIRCUIT CAN BE INTERRUPTED RESULTING IN A LOSS OF BRAKING ACTION TO THE TOWED VEHICLE INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN ANTI-LOCK POWER CIRCUIT.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Fan
Filed Feb 15, 2003430,922 milesGA

MULTPULE REPAIRS AND SAFETY FACTORS, TOO MANY TO JUST START RAMBLING OFF. TIRES, FRAME, A/C, ALTERATORS, VIBRATION, WHICH INTURN CAUSES EXHAUST LEAKS. THE LIST GOES FROM STRUCTURE TO ELECTRICAL.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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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.

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Most recent recall on file: Jan 5, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.