Model Year Scorecard · NHTSA + EPA data
Freightliner model years compared
Every Freightliner model in the catalogue (1985–2027), with owner complaints, recall campaigns, urgent advisories and fatal-crash involvement summed across all model years. Open a model to see its years side by side and the best and worst year called out.
Freightliner models ranked by complaints
| Model | Years | Complaints | Recalls | Urgent | Fatal (FARS) | MPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascadia | 2008–2027 (20) |
249
|
135 | 1 | 4,177 | — |
| Columbia | 2000–2020 (21) |
96
|
62 | — | 544 | — |
| Business Class M2 | 2004–2012 (9) |
54
|
110 | — | — | — |
| Sprinter 2500 | 2002–2021 (20) |
48
|
71 | — | — | — |
| M2 | 2005–2025 (20) |
29
|
44 | — | 849 | — |
| FLD120 | 1988–2011 (24) |
27
|
4 | — | 58 | — |
| Sprinter 3500 | 2002–2021 (20) |
21
|
73 | — | — | — |
| Classic | 2001–2011 (11) |
14
|
9 | — | 13 | — |
| Century Class | 1996–2011 (16) |
14
|
7 | — | — | — |
| XC | 2001–2005 (5) |
9
|
13 | — | — | — |
| 114SD | 2012–2026 (15) |
5
|
65 | — | 71 | — |
| FL60 | 1991–2005 (15) |
5
|
6 | — | 9 | — |
| Coronado | 2001–2020 (20) |
3
|
55 | — | 155 | — |
| 122SD | 2013–2023 (11) |
3
|
26 | — | — | — |
| MT55 | 1999–2026 (28) |
3
|
11 | — | — | — |
| FLC112 | 1985–2001 (17) |
3
|
1 | — | — | — |
| 108SD | 2012–2026 (15) |
2
|
50 | — | 18 | — |
| FL80 | 1991–2006 (16) |
2
|
4 | — | 7 | — |
| FLD112 | 1991–2008 (18) |
2
|
3 | — | 5 | — |
| FL70 | 1991–2006 (16) |
2
|
2 | — | 22 | — |
| Sprinter 1500 | 2019–2020 (2) |
1
|
39 | — | — | — |
| Sprinter 4500 | 2019–2021 (3) |
1
|
38 | — | — | — |
| Argosy | 1999–2015 (17) |
1
|
26 | — | 2 | — |
| MT45 | 1998–2026 (29) |
1
|
8 | — | — | — |
| Classic XL | 2001–2009 (9) |
—
|
13 | — | — | — |
| FLB | 1994–2002 (7) |
—
|
9 | — | — | — |
| FLD120SD | 2003–2012 (9) |
—
|
4 | — | — | — |
| MT35 | 1997–2009 (13) |
—
|
3 | — | — | — |
| S2 | 2007–2011 (4) |
—
|
3 | — | — | — |
| Condor | 2001–2007 (7) |
—
|
1 | — | — | — |
| FB65 | 2001–2006 (6) |
—
|
1 | — | — | — |
| FL106 | 1994–2003 (10) |
—
|
1 | — | 2 | — |
| FL112 | 1996–2006 (11) |
—
|
1 | — | 13 | — |
| FL50 | 1995–2005 (11) |
—
|
1 | — | 3 | — |
| B2 catalogue only | 2005–2027 (23) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| EB2 catalogue only | 2021–2026 (6) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| EconicSD catalogue only | 2019–2025 (7) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| FC70 catalogue only | 1999–2004 (6) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| FC80 catalogue only | 1999–2007 (9) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| FL360 catalogue only | 2009–2025 (16) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| FLD132 catalogue only | 2001–2011 (10) |
—
|
— | — | 48 | — |
| FLL086 catalogue only | 1988–2000 (13) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| FS65 catalogue only | 1996–2008 (13) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| M2 100 catalogue only | 2002–2010 (9) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| M2 106 catalogue only | 2002–2026 (25) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| M2 112 catalogue only | 2003–2026 (24) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| M2 T catalogue only | 2006–2010 (5) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| MB Line catalogue only | 1995–2023 (29) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| MC Line catalogue only | 1986–2026 (24) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| MCL catalogue only | 2011–2014 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| MT50E catalogue only | 2023–2025 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| S2C catalogue only | 2013–2026 (14) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| S2G catalogue only | 2014–2022 (9) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| S2RV catalogue only | 2018–2026 (9) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| Sport Chassis catalogue only | 2001–2022 (17) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| Sprinter 3500XD catalogue only | 2018–2021 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| V Line catalogue only | 1995–2002 (5) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XB Line catalogue only | 1995–2015 (18) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XB Raised Rail catalogue only | 2005–2008 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XB Straight Rail catalogue only | 2005–2025 (21) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XBA catalogue only | 2015–2019 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XC Formed Rail catalogue only | 2005–2007 (3) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XC Lowered Rail catalogue only | 2007–2019 (13) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XC Modular Rail catalogue only | 2008–2026 (19) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XC Raised Rail catalogue only | 2005–2026 (22) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XC Straight Rail catalogue only | 2001–2026 (25) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| eCascadia catalogue only | 2023–2026 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
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Sources. Owner complaints, recall campaigns and advisories are from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation datasets; fatal-crash vehicles from FARS; fuel economy from the EPA. VehDB sums them per model; the figures are not VehDB's own findings.
How to read it. Complaints and recalls are summed over every catalogue year of the model, so long-running best-sellers rank high on volume alone; the model page ranks each year against other vehicles of the same model year, which is the fairer read. Urgent counts do-not-drive and park-outside campaigns. Fatal (FARS) is a census of vehicles in fatal crashes from 2020 onward, exact, and is never mixed with CRSS estimates. MPG is the EPA combined average across the model's trims. Sources are U.S. public domain; nothing here is a verified defect finding.