1997 Freightliner FLD120

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › drum › drum. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Drum	1		0	0	0

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Drum

Filed Mar 15, 2000FL

BRAKE DRUMS WERE NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY, RESULTING IN HARD BRAKING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2008	0	2	0	Routine
2007	0	2	0	Routine
2006	1	2	0	Routine
2005	0	1	0	Routine
2004	0	1	0	Routine
2003	0	1	0	Routine
2001	5	0	0	Routine
2000	8	0	1	Routine
1999	5	0	1	Routine
1998	3	0	0	Routine
1997 — this page	1	1	0	Routine
1996	2	0	1	Routine
1995	1	0	0	Routine
1994	1	1	0	Routine
1993	1	3	0	Routine
1992	1	1	0	Routine
1991	0	1	0	Routine
1990	0	1	0	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: Jan 5, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.