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1998 Freightliner FL-70 Engine problems

Owners have filed 17 complaints about the 1998 Freightliner FL-70's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 89% of all its complaints, most recently on October 3, 2001. They describe 0 crashes, 1 fire and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
17
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

Truck stalls intermittently and without warning at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897303
Engine & cooling

Truck stalled intermittently and without warning at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem. *Ak *slc

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897300
Engine & coolingFuel system

Truck stalls intermittently and without warning, at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak *tt

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Fuel system, gasolineNHTSA 897299
Engine & coolingFuel system

Truck stalled intermittently and without warning at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Fuel system, gasolineNHTSA 897298
Engine & cooling

Truck stalled intermittently and without warning at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897297
Engine & cooling

Truck stalls intermittently and without warning at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak *jb

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897296
Engine & cooling

Truck stalled intermittently and without warning at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem. *Ak *slc

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897295
Engine & cooling

Truck stalled intermittently and without warning at any speed, truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. The remedy is not correcting the repeating problem.*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897294
Engine & coolingFuel system

Truck will stall intermittently and without warning, at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak *tt

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Fuel system, gasolineNHTSA 897293
Engine & coolingFire

Truck stalls intermittently and without warning at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak *jb

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897292
Engine & coolingFuel system

Truck stalled intermittently and without warning at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Fuel system, gasolineNHTSA 897291
Engine & cooling

Truck stalled intermittently and without warning at any speed, truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak *slc

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897290
Engine & cooling

Truck stalled intermittently and without warning at any speed, truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem, remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak *slc

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897284
Engine & cooling

Truck stalled intermittently and without warning at any speed, truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem, remedy did not correct reoccurring problem. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897282
Engine & cooling

Truck stalls intermittently and without warning at any speed. Truck within a 2-year period has been back to factory where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897279
Engine & cooling

Consumer stated truck stalled without warning, within a 2-year period truck has been back to the factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem, remedy did not correct reoccurring problem.*Ak *jg

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897278
Engine & cooling

Vehicle will stall intermittently and without warning at any speed. Vehicle within a 2-year period has been back to factory, where engines were put in 161 times. Fuel pump was replaced as being the problem. Remedy did not correct reoccurring problem. *Ak *jb

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 897277

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