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1998 Freightliner FL-70 engine and engine cooling problems

17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 1998 Freightliner FL-7089% of all complaints for this model year.

17
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
89%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • 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 Oct 3, 2001

  • 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 Oct 3, 2001

  • 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 Oct 3, 2001

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Other reported problem areas on the 1998 Freightliner FL-70

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.