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1999 Freightliner FLD120 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 21, 2008
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jan 27, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Freightliner FLD120. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–5 of 5

Tires & wheels
Filed Mar 21, 2008
Fire reported

1999 FREIGHTLINER FLD120 TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE CAB TO CATCH FIRE. CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER THE FIRE BEGAN HE PULLED TO THE SHOULDER AND THE TRAILER CAUGHT FIRE TOO. *KB (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0117-91)*JB

NHTSA ID
10222773
Incident
Feb 8, 2008
Interior & seats
Filed Jun 9, 2004

A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LOCK PREVENTS THE DOOR FROM BEING OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. I FEEL THAT THIS MAY PREVENT THE OCCUPANT FROM BEING ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE QUICKLY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR FIRE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO HAND MY KEY TO SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE AND ASK THEM TO UNLOCK MY DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE SO I COULD EXIT THE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
10075110
Incident
May 30, 2004
Mileage
428,767 mi
Suspension
Filed Jun 22, 2001

REAR BUSHINGS ARE NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY. BUSHINGS QUIT ACCEPTING GREASE. MANUFACTURER BELIEVES CONSUMER SHOULD REPLACE BUSHINGS. *AK

NHTSA ID
891049
Incident
Jun 18, 2001
Suspension
Filed Dec 28, 2000

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE WANDERING ACROSS THE ROAD VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. > PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

NHTSA ID
877180
Incident
Jun 1, 2000
Powertrain (other)
Filed Jan 27, 2000

FRONT LEFT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED WHILE GOING DOWNHILL. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED FRONT LEFT WHEEL BEARINGS. ALSO, REAR WHEEL BEARINGS ARE DEFECTIVE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID
854682
Incident
Jul 11, 1999

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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