2001 Freightliner FLD120

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › diesel. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Diesel	2		0	0	0
Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › Hanger/Bracket	1		0	0	0
Suspension › Front › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › Hanger,bracket	1		0	0	0
Power Train	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train

Filed Dec 27, 201125,000 milesKY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FREIGHTLINER FLD120. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND SHIFTING INTO HIGH GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND AND WOULD PERFORM SLUGGISHLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE HIGH RANGE PERFORMING BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Diesel

Filed Mar 24, 2010OH

2001 FREIGHTLINER FLD120 SEMI TRACTOR ENGINE FAILED AND CAUSED OIL AND DEBRIS TO LEAK ONTO THE ROADWAY. ANOTHER MOTORIST RAN OVER THE OIL AND DEBRIS. *BF THE SEMI HAD A HOLE IN THE LEFT FRONT OIL PAN. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0654-90. *JB UPDATED 04/14/10 *BF

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Diesel

Filed Feb 27, 2004115,321 milesLA

CONSUMER RECEIVED A SAFETY CAMPAIGN NOTICE ON 11/24/2003 FROM THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT A FUEL LEAK IN THE ENGINE. *AK

Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › Hanger/Bracket

Filed Nov 6, 2000NY

AXLE #1 LEFT SIDE FRONT HANGER IS LOOSE CAUSING AXLE TO SHIFT. NLM

Suspension › Front › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › Hanger,bracket

Filed Nov 6, 2000TX

THE FRONT SPRING HANGAR IS LOOSE ON THE FRAME, THIS IS CAUSING THE AXLE TO SHIFT. *SLC

5 of 5 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 — this page	5	0	0	Routine
2000	8	0	1	Routine
1999	5	0	1	Routine
1998	3	0	0	Routine
1997	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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.