Freightliner MT
Owners filed 22 complaints across 10 model years of the Freightliner MT. The 1998 drew the most (10); the 2002 the fewest (2).
Model years10
Complaints22
Recalls17
Fires0
Deaths0
Every Freightliner MT model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | — | — | Fuel System, Other › Storage | Routine | |
| 2000 | 7 | 1 | — | — | Fuel System, Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1998 | 10 | 1 | — | — | Suspension › Front | Routine | |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 1995 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 1994 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 1993 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Which Freightliner MT years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1998 is the weakest year on record, with 10 complaints concentrated in the suspension › front. It carries 1 recall.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.