Freightliner VCLYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 0 owner complaints and 5 safety recalls on record for the Freightliner VCL.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints0—Safety recalls51996–2001 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Freightliner VCL years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the VCL median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2001Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2000Not rated–/1000 complaints · 4 recalls 1999Not rated–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls 1998Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 1997Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 1996Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Freightliner VCL problems

All model years combined: 0 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

5 recalls

Freightliner VCL recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal01V-322 · 2001 · Nov 15, 2001 · 2,700 vehicles Vehicle speed control01V-115 · 1999–2000 · Apr 13, 2001 · 6,003 vehicles Tires: valve00V-427 · 2000 · Dec 29, 2000 · 3,446 vehicles Foundation components: drum00V-247 · 1997–2000 · Aug 29, 2000 · 524 vehicles Other: labels00V-040 · 1996–2000 · Feb 15, 2000 · 15,000 vehicles