FaultScore

Freightliner FL-70 problems

Owners have filed 50 complaints about the Freightliner FL-70 with NHTSA across model years 1993 to 2000. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Every Freightliner FL-70 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00
Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2000 5 0 0 Suspension
1999 5 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1998 25 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1997 3 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1996 4 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1995 2 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1994 3 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1993 3 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control

What breaks on a Freightliner FL-70

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 17 34.0%

Worst in 1998

Acceleration & Cruise Control 16 32.0%

Worst in 1998

Suspension 4 8.0%

Worst in 2000

Fuel & Propulsion 4 8.0%

Worst in 1998

Brakes 3 6.0%

Worst in 1999

Transmission & Drivetrain 2 4.0%

Worst in 1999

Steering 1 2.0%

Worst in 1999

Body & Structure 1 2.0%

Worst in 2000

Tires 1 2.0%

Worst in 1999

Wheels 1 2.0%

Worst in 1994

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Freightliner FL-70, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 1995 peak 21 Aug 2006

Compare the Freightliner FL-70

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.