https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Freightliner Fld120. en-us Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:39:09 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-1017339 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FREIGHTLINER FLD120 DUMP TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH DUNLOP DYNATRAC TIRE, SIZE 425/65/R22.5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE REALIZED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BECAME FLAT FROM THE SIDEWALL AREA. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-982539 Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN TRACTOR STARTING LOOSING POWER. TOOK TO W.W. WILLIAMS DETROIT DIESEL. THEY FOUND DELTA P SENSOR OUT OF CALIBRATION. V-POD CUTTING OUT, TURBO HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY IN VNT. THEY REPLACED THE V-POD WHICH WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED IN MARCH 2013. PROBLEMS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, LOW POWER, BACK FIRES, PUFFS BLACK SMOKE. OIL LEAK BY TURBO. WW WILLI https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-982540 Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN TRACTOR STARTING LOOSING POWER. TOOK TO W.W. WILLIAMS DETROIT DIESEL. THEY FOUND DELTA P SENSOR OUT OF CALIBRATION. V-POD CUTTING OUT, TURBO HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY IN VNT. THEY REPLACED THE V-POD WHICH WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED IN MARCH 2013. PROBLEMS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, LOW POWER, BACK FIRES, PUFFS BLACK SMOKE. OIL LEAK BY TURBO. WW WILLI https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-982541 Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN TRACTOR STARTING LOOSING POWER. TOOK TO W.W. WILLIAMS DETROIT DIESEL. THEY FOUND DELTA P SENSOR OUT OF CALIBRATION. V-POD CUTTING OUT, TURBO HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY IN VNT. THEY REPLACED THE V-POD WHICH WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED IN MARCH 2013. PROBLEMS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, LOW POWER, BACK FIRES, PUFFS BLACK SMOKE. OIL LEAK BY TURBO. WW WILLI https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-897029 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-810622 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT 1998 FREIGHTLINER FLD120 RIGHT FRONT STEER TIRE BLEWOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE DRIVE UNIT AND LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE HOOD. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0398-91)*JB UPDATED 09/13/10*BF UPDATED 09/28/10 *BF UPDATED VOQ 10/01/10 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-776501 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-738406 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT MY HUSBAND WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A 2000 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL FLD120 SEMI TRACTOR. I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS VEHICLE WAS EVER SUBJECT TO A RECALL. THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER IS PE02088 AND THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS 03V112000. MY QUESTION IS VERY SPECIFIC. WAS THIS VIN NUMBER SUBJECT TO A RECALL? *TR https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-738408 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT MY HUSBAND WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A 2000 FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL FLD120 SEMI TRACTOR. I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS VEHICLE WAS EVER SUBJECT TO A RECALL. THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER IS PE02088 AND THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS 03V112000. MY QUESTION IS VERY SPECIFIC. WAS THIS VIN NUMBER SUBJECT TO A RECALL? *TR https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-662532 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-662534 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#recall-07V530000-freightliner-freightliner-fld120-2006 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT ON CERTAIN TRUCK-TRACTORS EQUIPPED WITH HOLLAND SIMPLEX SE OR SE II FIFTH WHEELS, THE LATCH LEVER PIVOT BOLT ASSEMBLY MAY HAVE BEEN OVER-TIGHTENED WHICH COULD DISTORT THE PIVOT BOLT SPACER SLEEVE. CORROSION OR CONTAMINATES IN THE PIVOT MAY CAUSE IT TO BIND AND PREVENT THE FIFTH WHEEL JAW FROM LATCHING SECURELY AROUND THE TRAILER KING PIN. https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#recall-07V302000-freightliner-freightliner-fld120-2006 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT CERTAIN FREIGHTLINER SCHOOL BUS CHASSIS, HEAVY TRUCKS, AND THOMAS BUILT SCHOOL BUSES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JULY 2002 AND JULY 3, 2007, EQUIPPED WITH BENDIX SR-7 SPRING BRAKE CONTROL VALVES. THE PARKER SCV BRASS 90 DEGREE SINGLE CHECK VALVES (SCV) WHICH ATTACH TO THE SUPPLY PORT OF A BENDIX SR-7 SPRING BRAKE MODULATING VALVE CAN BREAK APART. PIECES OF THE PARKER SCV CAN BECOME LODGED INSIDE THE SR https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-628870 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FREIGHTLINER FLD120 DOT 0H37AFTW3804. THE VEHICLE HAS A SET OF STECREET MARK 295/75R/22-5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CASING IS COMING APART ON THE DRIVER SIDE TIRES. THE SPARE TIRE'S SPEAR BELTS HAVE FAILED AND ARE CAUSING THE TIRES TO BECOME UNBALANCED. THE TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED. HE STATED THAT THE TIRES ARE FROM A CHINESE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. THE DEALER S https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-623187 Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT 1998 FREIGHTLINER FL0 120. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE DRIVESHAFT FELL FROM THE VEHICLE ONTO THE PAVEMENT. NO INDICATION OF PRIOR PROBLEM, AND NO WARNING THE DRIVESHAFT WAS SEPARATING. *MC SEVERAL VEHICLES STRUCK THE DRIVE SHAFT BEFORE IT COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-581554 Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT S-CAM ON STEER AXLE BROKE OFF WHICH CAUSES LOSS OF BRAKING ON THAT AXLE. HAD TO A WRECKER HAUL MY SEMI-TRACTOR AND TRAILER TO A REPAIR GARAGE. I HAD TO HAVE THE S-CAM UNIT REPLACED AND THE BRAKES READJUSTED. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-545767 Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS FRONT LEFT WHEEL HUB AND TIRE COMPLETELY FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH AND WAS COMING TO A STOP. THE CONSUMER DID MANAGE TO AVOID ANY ACCIDENTS. THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A SHIMMY ABOUT 50 MILES BEFORE THIS HAPPENED AND THE AB https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-528459 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT FREIGHTLINER 1992 FLD 120 3176 CATIPILLER https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-479125 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-457141 Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER RECEIVED A SAFETY CAMPAIGN NOTICE ON 11/24/2003 FROM THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT A FUEL LEAK IN THE ENGINE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-311038 Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY FREIGHTLINER HAS THE BRAKES SET UP WHEN BOBTAILING IN THEIR TRACTORS, WHEN TRYING TO STOP AND THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED, NOTHING HAPPENS EVEN WHEN PUSHING HARDER, THE WHEELS THEN LOCK UP RESULTING IN A SKID, CONSUMER STATES THAT MANUFACTURER DESIGNED BRAKES NOT TO SKID WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, HOWEVER THE TRUCK DOESNOT STOP, CONSUMER HAS LEARNED THAT THE GLAD https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-299008 Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT REAR BUSHINGS ARE NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY. BUSHINGS QUIT ACCEPTING GREASE. MANUFACTURER BELIEVES CONSUMER SHOULD REPLACE BUSHINGS. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-268817 Tue, 23 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT LEFT FRONT SPRING HANGER MOUNTING BOLTS BECAME LOOSE CAUSING AXLE TO SHIFT. NLM https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-264391 Thu, 28 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-263766 Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER NOTICED THE TRACTOR LEANED SEVERELY TO THE DRIVERS SIDE,AND REPORTED TO THE AUTHORIZED REPAIR FACILITY,AFTER THEIR INSPECTION THE DRIVERS SIDE SPRING WAS APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE OR WEAK,THEN ORDERED A NEW SPRING AND INSTALLED IT,WHEN I PICKED THE TRACTOR FROM THE REPAIR FACILITY, STILL LEANED AS MUCH AS BEFORE, NO CHANGE HAD OCCURRED,THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SPRING MAY BE IMPOP https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-258725 Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT AXLE #1, LEFT FRONT SPRING HANGER LOOSE ON THE FRAME CAUSING AXLE TO SHIFT BACK AND FORTH. NLM https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-258732 Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT THE LEFT FRONT SPRING HANGER IS LOOSE ON THE FRAME, THIS IS CAUSING THE AXLE TO SHIFT. *SLC https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-258693 Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT AXLE #1 LEFT SIDE FRONT HANGER IS LOOSE CAUSING AXLE TO SHIFT. NLM https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-258730 Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT THE FRONT SPRING HANGAR IS LOOSE ON THE FRAME, THIS IS CAUSING THE AXLE TO SHIFT. *SLC https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120 https://plaincars.com/make/freightliner-fld120#complaint-217380 Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT THIS IS A 1996 FREIGHTLINER IM AM BUYING OFF OF BUSKE LINES INC. I WAS IN A RESTURANT EATING IN A RESTURANT IN INDIANA. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT UNIT WAS ON FIRE. I RAN TO TRUCK AND FIRE HAD GUTTED INSIDE OF CAB MY DOG WAS TRAPPED IN THE SLEEPER AND WAS KILLED I NOTICED NO SMOKE WHEN I LEFT TRUCK BUT SMELLED SOMETHING LIKE HOT PLASTIC I CHECKED BUT DID NOT FIND ANYTHING BURNING. TRUCK WAS THEN TOWED TO