Freightliner MT55

Owners filed 4 complaints across 19 model years of the Freightliner MT55. The 2016 drew the most (1).

Model years19
Complaints4
Recalls32
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Freightliner MT55 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Freightliner MT55 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Freightliner MT55 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20161
1——Exterior Lighting › Turn SignalRoutine
20141
2——Air BagsRoutine
20130
1———Routine
20120
1———Routine
20111
2——Hybrid Propulsion SystemRoutine
20100
3———Routine
20090
2———Routine
20080
3———Routine
20070
2———Routine
20060
3———Routine
20051
2——SuspensionRoutine
20040
2———Routine
20030
1———Routine
20000
1———Routine
19990
2———Routine
19980
1———Routine
19970
1———Routine
19960
1———Routine
19950
1———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.