THE FREIGHTLINER HISTORICAL REFERENCE
Separate original Business Class FL112 evidence from FLD112 and M2 112, with clear limits on unverified production years.
01 / IDENTIFY THE TRUCK
FL112 is an original Business Class model. It is distinct from the aerodynamic FLD112 and the later M2 112; a missing letter in a listing can send research to the wrong truck.
Production-year boundaries are not sufficiently established for a complete model-year list. The labelled choices below filter documented milestones or references only; omitted years do not prove the model was unavailable. Earlier 1991 family context does not establish FL112 availability. MY2000 is an exact identity checkpoint, not an endpoint. Sparse MY2003–MY2007 regulator checkpoints are independently bounded identities, not a continuous range, final model year, endpoint or exact M2 112 transition.
Select a year, or explore the full family chronology below.
Factory literature includes FL112 in the FL-Series group. The VIN guide distinguishes regular models and glider coding; the type of vehicle and its registration history need to be established before assigning a year.
1991–2006 is a broad research starting window for unresolved original-family coverage, not verified FL112 production.
The values belong to the fire-service release. They do not establish a whole-family specification, model-year boundary or continuous production interval.
Freightliner announced a heavy-duty FL112 fire chassis with application-specific cab, engine, axle and suspension choices.
View dated specifications →The release supports a bounded Mexican-market checkpoint only. It does not establish U.S. or Canadian availability, an exact first model year, continuous production, achieved mid-1997 assembly or a final year.
Freightliner explicitly included this model in the full Business Class line stated for Mexican availability beginning January 1997.
View dated specifications →The January release corroborates regional programme intent and support infrastructure only. It does not prove a completed sale, build, local-assembly start, model-year boundary or North American-wide availability.
Freightliner explicitly named FL112 among the Business Class products it said would be sold in Mexico beginning in January 1997.
View dated specifications →This factory snapshot is retained as dated catalogue-presence and category evidence. It is not converted into a first/final model year, continuous production, a complete lineup, a predecessor/successor finding or proof from omission.
Freightliner’s dated product root and category index positively place the named model in the October 1997 North American catalogue structure.
View dated specifications →A steel-cab FL112 sales reference is now available. The listed ratings are option ceilings, not one certified build.
Factory page revised September 30, 1997; archived January 18, 1998. This is a publication snapshot, not an order guide for every 1997 or 1998 model-year truck.
View dated specifications →Freightliner bulletin 20-37 separates covered Business Class FL112 trucks built before November 13, 1998 from vehicles built after that date, which received a revised upper radiator pipe. The distinction is limited to Caterpillar C10/C12 installations.
A dated Freightliner service bulletin explicitly identifies the affected model, engine scope and build-date breakpoint. It does not establish the FL112 production range or every 1998 configuration.
View dated specifications →This exact regulator row deepens equipment-qualified historical provenance without establishing continuous availability, universal fifth-wheel fitment, a family production quantity, a first/final model year or an endpoint.
NHTSA campaign 03V227000 returns the named FL112 MY2000 row with Jost JSK 37U fifth-wheel equipment, condition, consequence, remedy and complete-response population fields.
View dated specifications →This federal record is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. The regulator label and campaign membership are not converted into production continuity, an endpoint or a one-to-one FL112-to-M2 112 transition.
Two official NHTSA records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only the returned model/model-year identity; the campaign record supplies campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →The factory VIN table provides an exact model-year-2000 identity checkpoint. It does not establish the first or final model year, an exact build boundary, continuous availability or the later-family transition.
Freightliner explicitly tags this named legacy identity “00MY” and defines MY as Model Year. The table applies to the pre-May 2000 VIN system; it does not label 2000 as a final model year.
View dated specifications →Freightliner filed code CN for one Class 6 FL112 conventional identity. This complements the separate exact MY2000 factory table without turning either record into a final-year or continuous-production claim.
This manufacturer-filed VIN record establishes a dated coding identity only. Its filing date is not a build date, model year, public launch, retail-availability date, production interval, order cut-off, last build or family endpoint.
View dated specifications →The later M2 112 has its own factory model codes and cab options. An M2 112 Plus day-cab figure cannot substantiate a measurement on an original FL112.
This comparison spans the M2 transition; the exact FL112 replacement and overlap dates remain open.
This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL112 Business Class MY2003 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →This federal record is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. The regulator label and campaign membership are not converted into production continuity, an endpoint or a one-to-one FL112-to-M2 112 transition.
Two official NHTSA records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only the returned model/model-year identity; the campaign record supplies campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL112 Business Class MY2004 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →This federal record is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. The regulator label and campaign membership are not converted into production continuity, an endpoint or a one-to-one FL112-to-M2 112 transition.
Two official NHTSA records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only the returned model/model-year identity; the campaign record supplies campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →The manual distinguishes FL112-specific maintenance operations from the common FL-series schedule. That separation supports a distinct service architecture but does not establish production continuity, an endpoint or an FL112-to-M2 112 transition.
Freightliner LLC’s February 2004 STI-266 names FL112 and publishes FL112-only lubrication operations and figures apart from the other Business Class models.
View dated specifications →This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL112 Business Class MY2005 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →This federal record is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. The regulator label and campaign membership are not converted into production continuity, an endpoint or a one-to-one FL112-to-M2 112 transition.
Two official NHTSA records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only the returned model/model-year identity; the campaign record supplies campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL112 Business Class MY2006 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →This federal record is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. The regulator label and campaign membership are not converted into production continuity, an endpoint or a one-to-one FL112-to-M2 112 transition.
Two official NHTSA records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only the returned model/model-year identity; the campaign record supplies campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL112 Business Class MY2007 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →This federal record is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. MY2007 is not treated as a final-year finding. The regulator label and campaign membership are not converted into production continuity, an endpoint or a one-to-one FL112-to-M2 112 transition.
Two official NHTSA records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only the returned model/model-year identity; the campaign record supplies campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →This checkpoint records the returned-component, vehicle-reproduction, root-cause and defect-decision sequence without converting recall applicability into production chronology.
Freightliner’s regulator-filed Part 573 report names the model and preserves the attached Bendix investigation chronology. Shared campaign dates, model years and populations are not family production boundaries.
View dated specifications →The regulator-hosted Freightliner filing preserves Business Class FL112 as a dated manufacturer-roster identity. Because the summary does not say the designation was produced, ordered, sold or assigned to a 2007 model year, it does not close a family boundary.
Freightliner LLC’s April 27, 2007 NHTSA Part 566 summary includes Business Class FL112 in its filed Freightliner model roster.
View dated specifications →This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL112 Business Class MY2008 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →Introduction wording, not an inferred first model year; distinct from earlier FLC112.
Exact component breakpoint for Business Class FL112 vehicles equipped with Caterpillar C10/C12 engines; not a family start, final year or complete engine list.
The 1991 family launch is not automatically the FL112 launch.
The January 2008 service-manual revision does not establish 2008 production.
The pre-May 2000 factory VIN table explicitly lists “Legacy FL112 (00MY).” It does not identify the final model year or final build.
The sources establish a gradual original-Business-Class-to-M2 transition and separately document the M2 112 reveal. They do not explicitly identify M2 112 as the FL112’s one-to-one replacement or establish actual production overlap.
The filing establishes one Class 6 FL112 code. It does not make that GVWR universal, prove a build, set a final model year or establish the FL112-to-M2 112 transition.
Regional launch evidence, not a North American-wide first model year, achieved Mexican assembly date or endpoint.
02 / CHOOSE THE APPLICABLE REFERENCE
Start with the model configuration, then choose a publication and explore its documented equipment.
Selecting equipment records your research choice. It does not calculate dimensions, establish an available combination or rate a truck.
September 1997 factory catalogue. The factory catalogue establishes a 112-inch BBC and multiple cab choices. The accepted illustration is narrower: a single-drive 4x2 day-cab tractor, not a universal rendering of every catalogue configuration.
Freightliner · FL112 introduction and catalogue, September 1997 revision ↗
Validated dimension illustration scope: September 1997 FL112 112-inch-BBC single-drive 4x2 day-cab tractor orientation. The illustration matches the reviewed original Business Class FL112 identity; only A has a factory-published numerical value. Use the cited dimension table for the published values; unverified letters remain measurement prompts. Read the dimension evidence.
DIMENSION GUIDE / A–H
Select a measurement to highlight its endpoints and see what the chosen publication confirms.
Freightliner FL112 · FL112 · September 1997 factory catalogue · 1 published / 7 to verify
Front-view illustration pending. Width and height definitions remain available in the cards below.
Front bumper to the back of the driving cab. Excludes an additional sleeper; it is not overall tractor length.
Published for this reference; confirm the individual build.
Published BBC for the FL112 catalogue; do not substitute FLD112, FLC112 or M2 112.
September 1997 FL112 112-inch-BBC single-drive 4x2 day-cab tractor orientation. The illustration matches the reviewed original Business Class FL112 identity; only A has a factory-published numerical value. The artwork is schematic and not to scale; published values come from the cited factory diagram, never from image pixels.
Selected reference: Freightliner · FL112 introduction and catalogue, September 1997 revision. Published values remain tied to this edition.
View the complete dimension table ↓03 / PERIOD-APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE
Each table retains its printed edition, market and configuration. A publication snapshot is not a specification for every year in the family.
Publication snapshot · North America
Fire-service option snapshot for the original Business Class FL112.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Cab choices | Two-door cab · two-door extended cab · four-door crew cab |
| Engine | Cummins M11-450E+ fire-apparatus rating · 450 hp at 2,100 rpm · 1,450 lb-ft at 1,200 rpm |
| Front axle range | 12,000–18,000 lb |
| Rear axle range | Single to 30,000 lb · tandem to 52,000 lb |
| Suspensions | Freightliner AirLiner single/tandem · Freightliner spring · named Hendrickson/Chalmers choices |
| Evidence limit | No exact model year, build count, wheelbase, completed-body dimensions, standard-equipment claim or production endpoint is established. |
FL112 named in the Business Class line stated available beginning January 1997 · Mexico
Regional identity and supply-plan evidence. Family-wide option statements are not converted into a model-specific equipment matrix.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Named model | FL112 |
| Announcement | October 1, 1996 |
| Stated availability | Beginning January 1997 |
| Initial supply plan | Mount Holly build and import by Mercedes-Benz Mexico |
| Planned assembly | Tianguistenco by mid-1997 · plan, not an achieved-production claim |
| Evidence limit | No first/final model year, continuous production, U.S./Canadian boundary, model-specific option matrix or achieved local-assembly date is inferred. |
Regional publication checkpoint · Mexico
FL112 identity within a regional Business Class programme; family-wide support statements are not a model-specific equipment specification.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Named model | FL112 |
| Release date | January 8, 1997 |
| Regional sales statement | Beginning in January 1997 through Mercedes-Benz Mexico |
| Support infrastructure | San Luis Potosí parts distribution centre and a Mexican dealer network described |
| Market boundary | Mexico; no U.S. or Canadian production or availability claim |
| Evidence limit | No first delivery, exact model year, achieved Mexican assembly, continuous production, final year or endpoint is inferred. |
FL 112 on-highway listing and FL 112 Truck severe-duty listing · North America
The Freightliner product root states that, except where specifically noted, the displayed features and options apply to North American trucks. The category indexes positively list the named models; they do not establish a model year, production interval, order availability or endpoint.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Factory publication control | Product root revised October 10, 1997; category index revised October 28, 1997; archived January 18, 1998. |
| Market scope | North American trucks unless specifically noted by Freightliner. |
| On-highway listing | FL 112 |
| Severe-duty listing | FL 112 Truck |
| Identity boundary | FL 112 is kept distinct from the separate FLD 112 entry in the same on-highway index. |
| Transition boundary | The snapshot does not establish a first/final model year, continuous run or a one-to-one transition to M2 112. |
| Evidence limit | This is a dated factory catalogue-index snapshot, not a model-year list, production report, order guide, VIN population or endpoint notice. Positive listings establish catalogue presence in the stated category and market scope only. An omitted model cannot be treated as proof of unavailability, discontinuation, replacement or a final model year. |
Publication snapshot · North America
Factory regional-tractor reference; single/tandem and wheelbase choices need an individual order.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| BBC | 112 in (2,845 mm) |
| Engine / power | Cummins M11 · 280–370 hp |
| Wheelbase | 154–300 in (3,912–7,620 mm) |
| GVWR / GCW ceilings | 64,000 / 115,000 lb |
| Single / tandem rear ceilings | 30,000 / 46,000 lb |
| Braking | Air brakes with ABS |
Publication snapshot · North America
Business Class FL112 with Caterpillar C10 or C12 engines. The bulletin is an exact component breakpoint, not a family-wide engine matrix or model-year boundary.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Earlier production group | Covered FL112 vehicles built before November 13, 1998 |
| Later production group | New-style upper radiator pipe installed after November 13, 1998 |
| Engine scope | Caterpillar C10 or C12 only |
| Reason for bulletin | Possible petcock-to-hood interference at the upper radiator pipe |
| Revision control | June 1999 bulletin replaces May 1999; a measurement error was corrected |
Exact NHTSA FL112 MY2000 row within the complete 14-row campaign response · United States · NHTSA exact campaign record
NHTSA lists FL112 MY2000 within this equipment-qualified fifth-wheel campaign. The row is not converted into continuous production, an endpoint or a one-to-one FL112-to-M2 112 transition.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Exact campaign identity | FL112 · MY2000 · NHTSA 03V227000 / Freightliner FL-411 |
| Equipment / condition | Certain truck tractors equipped with Jost International JSK 37U-series fifth wheels · a fatigue crack could develop in the bracket-pin weld under certain loading conditions |
| Published consequence | If undetected or uncorrected, the fifth-wheel top plate could separate from its mounting structure and possibly cause a crash |
| Manufacturer remedy | Replace the bracket pins and provide repair instructions free of charge; owner notification began November 12, 2003 |
| Complete campaign population | 2,000 vehicles across the complete 14-row response · not a family or model-year production count |
| Response roster boundary | Eleven Freightliner-programme rows are retained: Business Class, FLD, Argosy, Columbia, Coronado, FLD SD, Classic XL, Business Class M2, Century ST, Classic and FL112, all labelled MY2000. Freightliner Sterling plus Western Star 4900FA and Sterling AT9500 rows remain outside these family dossiers. |
| Evidence limit | Campaign applicability establishes neither universal Jost fifth-wheel fitment, continuous availability, a family production quantity, exact first/final model year, last build, generation boundary, derivative equivalence nor successor relationship. |
Explicit model year and exact returned regulator label · United States
The official vehicle query and campaign record are joined by campaign number. This is a bounded regulator checkpoint for FL112, not production chronology or universal equipment.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| NHTSA make / model-year identity | Freightliner FL112 · MY2000 |
| Vehicle-specific campaign records returned | 1 |
| Campaign identifier returned | 03V227000 |
| 03V227000 · equipment / defect scope | Jost International JSK 37U fifth-wheel bracket-pin welds could fatigue and crack, allowing the top plate to separate from the mounting bracket |
| 03V227000 · campaign-wide potentially affected | 2,000 vehicles · campaign-wide, not an FL112 production count |
| Manufacturer campaign | FL-411 |
| 03V227000 · remedy | Replace the bracket pins with new pins and repair any cracked fifth-wheel assembly |
| Evidence limit | The exact vehicle query establishes only the returned Freightliner model label, model year, one-record count and campaign identifier. It does not establish a production count, continuous range, first or final model year, last build, order cut-off, retail availability, successor relationship or equivalence with M2 112. Campaign 03V227000 controls only the campaign-wide fifth-wheel equipment, defect, 2,000-vehicle population and remedy. Its population is not an FL112 production count and its received date is not a build date. |
Explicit model year · North America
The table establishes a model-year-2000 FL112 identity under the VIN system used through April 30, 2000. It does not settle the FL112/M2 112 transition or any later availability.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Factory VIN model description | Legacy FL112 (00MY) |
| Factory abbreviation | MY = Model Year |
| VIN-system scope | Vehicles built through April 30, 2000 |
| Chronology limit | Exact MY2000 identity checkpoint only; no final model year, last build, order cut-off, replacement date or continuous range inferred |
VIN-decoder identity · United States
This manufacturer-filed VIN record establishes a dated coding identity only. Its filing date is not a build date, model year, public launch, retail-availability date, production interval, order cut-off, last build or family endpoint.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| VIN positions | 5 and 6 |
| Code | CN |
| Model / cab | FL112 / conventional |
| GVWR class | 19,501–26,000 lb · Class 6 |
| Identity limit | One filed FL112 Class 6 identity; not a universal FL112 GVWR or configuration |
| Chronology limit | Filing checkpoint only; no build, first/final model year, continuous span or M2 112 transition inferred |
Exact NHTSA FL112 Business Class MY2003 row within the campaign response · United States · NHTSA exact campaign record
NHTSA lists FL112 Business Class MY2003 within this component-qualified campaign. The literal original Business Class FL112 label remains separate from FLD112 and M2 112. MY2008 is a regulator checkpoint, not production or replacement chronology.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Exact campaign identity | FL112 Business Class · MY2003 · NHTSA 07V302000 / Freightliner FL-504 |
| Component / condition | Vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake modulating valves · a Parker brass single-check valve could break apart and obstruct the SR-7, or the SR-7 internal rubber check valve could deform and fail to seat |
| Published consequence | Air leakage could delay spring-brake application; improper exhaust could also cause unintended rollaway or brake drag, increasing crash, injury or death risk |
| Manufacturer remedy | Freightliner notified owners and repaired affected vehicles free of charge; truck and Freightliner Custom Chassis notifications began January 11, 2008, while Thomas Built Bus notifications began February 1, 2008 |
| Combined campaign population | 75,000 vehicles across the complete 126-row response · not a Freightliner-family or model-year production count |
| Response roster boundary | The exact response contains 84 Freightliner-make rows. The 72 truck rows retained here cover 12 literal model labels across MY2003–MY2008. Twelve Freightliner MT-45/MT-55 step-van rows, 18 Sterling rows, 12 Freightliner Custom Chassis rows and 12 Thomas Built Buses rows remain outside this programme. |
| Shared manufacturing description | Manufactured between July 2002 and July 3, 2007 across the mixed complete response · not a family production range, model-year boundary or proof of continuous availability |
| Evidence limit | Campaign applicability establishes neither universal SR-7 fitment, continuous availability, production quantity by family, exact first/final model year, build endpoint, derivative equivalence, completed-truck status nor successor relationship. |
Explicit model year and exact returned regulator label · United States
The official vehicle query and campaign record are joined by campaign number. This is a bounded regulator checkpoint for FL112 Business Class, not production chronology or universal equipment.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| NHTSA make / model-year identity | Freightliner FL112 Business Class · MY2003 |
| Vehicle-specific campaign records returned | 1 |
| Campaign identifier returned | 07V302000 |
| 07V302000 · equipment / defect scope | Certain vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake control valves containing Parker single check valves could permit unintended rollaway or brake drag |
| 07V302000 · campaign-wide potentially affected | 75,000 vehicles · campaign-wide, not an FL112 production count |
| Manufacturer campaign | FL-504 |
| 07V302000 · remedy | Repair the affected vehicles free of charge |
| Evidence limit | The exact vehicle query establishes only the returned Freightliner model label, model year, one-record count and campaign identifier. It does not establish a production count, continuous range, first or final model year, last build, order cut-off, retail availability, successor relationship or equivalence with M2 112. Campaign 07V302000 controls only the campaign-wide Bendix/Parker spring-brake-valve equipment, defect, 75,000-vehicle population and remedy. Its July 2002–July 3, 2007 manufacturing window spans multiple products and is not an FL112 production range, first/final model-year boundary or last-build record. |
Exact NHTSA FL112 Business Class MY2004 row within the campaign response · United States · NHTSA exact campaign record
NHTSA lists FL112 Business Class MY2004 within this component-qualified campaign. The literal original Business Class FL112 label remains separate from FLD112 and M2 112. MY2008 is a regulator checkpoint, not production or replacement chronology.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Exact campaign identity | FL112 Business Class · MY2004 · NHTSA 07V302000 / Freightliner FL-504 |
| Component / condition | Vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake modulating valves · a Parker brass single-check valve could break apart and obstruct the SR-7, or the SR-7 internal rubber check valve could deform and fail to seat |
| Published consequence | Air leakage could delay spring-brake application; improper exhaust could also cause unintended rollaway or brake drag, increasing crash, injury or death risk |
| Manufacturer remedy | Freightliner notified owners and repaired affected vehicles free of charge; truck and Freightliner Custom Chassis notifications began January 11, 2008, while Thomas Built Bus notifications began February 1, 2008 |
| Combined campaign population | 75,000 vehicles across the complete 126-row response · not a Freightliner-family or model-year production count |
| Response roster boundary | The exact response contains 84 Freightliner-make rows. The 72 truck rows retained here cover 12 literal model labels across MY2003–MY2008. Twelve Freightliner MT-45/MT-55 step-van rows, 18 Sterling rows, 12 Freightliner Custom Chassis rows and 12 Thomas Built Buses rows remain outside this programme. |
| Shared manufacturing description | Manufactured between July 2002 and July 3, 2007 across the mixed complete response · not a family production range, model-year boundary or proof of continuous availability |
| Evidence limit | Campaign applicability establishes neither universal SR-7 fitment, continuous availability, production quantity by family, exact first/final model year, build endpoint, derivative equivalence, completed-truck status nor successor relationship. |
Explicit model year and exact returned regulator label · United States
The official vehicle query and campaign record are joined by campaign number. This is a bounded regulator checkpoint for FL112 Business Class, not production chronology or universal equipment.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| NHTSA make / model-year identity | Freightliner FL112 Business Class · MY2004 |
| Vehicle-specific campaign records returned | 1 |
| Campaign identifier returned | 07V302000 |
| 07V302000 · equipment / defect scope | Certain vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake control valves containing Parker single check valves could permit unintended rollaway or brake drag |
| 07V302000 · campaign-wide potentially affected | 75,000 vehicles · campaign-wide, not an FL112 production count |
| Manufacturer campaign | FL-504 |
| 07V302000 · remedy | Repair the affected vehicles free of charge |
| Evidence limit | The exact vehicle query establishes only the returned Freightliner model label, model year, one-record count and campaign identifier. It does not establish a production count, continuous range, first or final model year, last build, order cut-off, retail availability, successor relationship or equivalence with M2 112. Campaign 07V302000 controls only the campaign-wide Bendix/Parker spring-brake-valve equipment, defect, 75,000-vehicle population and remedy. Its July 2002–July 3, 2007 manufacturing window spans multiple products and is not an FL112 production range, first/final model-year boundary or last-build record. |
FL112 factory service identity within the Business Class manual · North America · factory service-publication scope
The dated factory manual fixes a service-publication identity and maintenance-schedule context. Its revision date does not establish production continuity, retail availability or an endpoint.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Factory cover roster | FL50 · FL60 · FL70 · FL80 · FL106 · FL112 |
| Publication | Business Class Trucks Maintenance Manual · STI-266 (2/04P) |
| Revision | February 2004 |
| Publisher | Freightliner LLC · Portland, Oregon |
| Severe-service scope | FL50/60/70/80/106/112 share the published Schedule I interval table |
| Model-specific distinction | Separate FL112-only M1 lubrication table and lubrication figure; not a dimensional A–H drawing |
| Production limit | A February 2004 service publication is not proof that every named model was produced, ordered or sold throughout 2004 |
| Chronology limit | No first/final model year, last build, continuous range or FL-series-to-M2 cutover inferred |
| Visual limit | Lubrication figures are not complete model-matched A–H dimensional drawings |
Exact NHTSA FL112 Business Class MY2005 row within the campaign response · United States · NHTSA exact campaign record
NHTSA lists FL112 Business Class MY2005 within this component-qualified campaign. The literal original Business Class FL112 label remains separate from FLD112 and M2 112. MY2008 is a regulator checkpoint, not production or replacement chronology.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Exact campaign identity | FL112 Business Class · MY2005 · NHTSA 07V302000 / Freightliner FL-504 |
| Component / condition | Vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake modulating valves · a Parker brass single-check valve could break apart and obstruct the SR-7, or the SR-7 internal rubber check valve could deform and fail to seat |
| Published consequence | Air leakage could delay spring-brake application; improper exhaust could also cause unintended rollaway or brake drag, increasing crash, injury or death risk |
| Manufacturer remedy | Freightliner notified owners and repaired affected vehicles free of charge; truck and Freightliner Custom Chassis notifications began January 11, 2008, while Thomas Built Bus notifications began February 1, 2008 |
| Combined campaign population | 75,000 vehicles across the complete 126-row response · not a Freightliner-family or model-year production count |
| Response roster boundary | The exact response contains 84 Freightliner-make rows. The 72 truck rows retained here cover 12 literal model labels across MY2003–MY2008. Twelve Freightliner MT-45/MT-55 step-van rows, 18 Sterling rows, 12 Freightliner Custom Chassis rows and 12 Thomas Built Buses rows remain outside this programme. |
| Shared manufacturing description | Manufactured between July 2002 and July 3, 2007 across the mixed complete response · not a family production range, model-year boundary or proof of continuous availability |
| Evidence limit | Campaign applicability establishes neither universal SR-7 fitment, continuous availability, production quantity by family, exact first/final model year, build endpoint, derivative equivalence, completed-truck status nor successor relationship. |
Explicit model year and exact returned regulator label · United States
The official vehicle query and campaign record are joined by campaign number. This is a bounded regulator checkpoint for FL112 Business Class, not production chronology or universal equipment.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| NHTSA make / model-year identity | Freightliner FL112 Business Class · MY2005 |
| Vehicle-specific campaign records returned | 1 |
| Campaign identifier returned | 07V302000 |
| 07V302000 · equipment / defect scope | Certain vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake control valves containing Parker single check valves could permit unintended rollaway or brake drag |
| 07V302000 · campaign-wide potentially affected | 75,000 vehicles · campaign-wide, not an FL112 production count |
| Manufacturer campaign | FL-504 |
| 07V302000 · remedy | Repair the affected vehicles free of charge |
| Evidence limit | The exact vehicle query establishes only the returned Freightliner model label, model year, one-record count and campaign identifier. It does not establish a production count, continuous range, first or final model year, last build, order cut-off, retail availability, successor relationship or equivalence with M2 112. Campaign 07V302000 controls only the campaign-wide Bendix/Parker spring-brake-valve equipment, defect, 75,000-vehicle population and remedy. Its July 2002–July 3, 2007 manufacturing window spans multiple products and is not an FL112 production range, first/final model-year boundary or last-build record. |
Exact NHTSA FL112 Business Class MY2006 row within the campaign response · United States · NHTSA exact campaign record
NHTSA lists FL112 Business Class MY2006 within this component-qualified campaign. The literal original Business Class FL112 label remains separate from FLD112 and M2 112. MY2008 is a regulator checkpoint, not production or replacement chronology.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Exact campaign identity | FL112 Business Class · MY2006 · NHTSA 07V302000 / Freightliner FL-504 |
| Component / condition | Vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake modulating valves · a Parker brass single-check valve could break apart and obstruct the SR-7, or the SR-7 internal rubber check valve could deform and fail to seat |
| Published consequence | Air leakage could delay spring-brake application; improper exhaust could also cause unintended rollaway or brake drag, increasing crash, injury or death risk |
| Manufacturer remedy | Freightliner notified owners and repaired affected vehicles free of charge; truck and Freightliner Custom Chassis notifications began January 11, 2008, while Thomas Built Bus notifications began February 1, 2008 |
| Combined campaign population | 75,000 vehicles across the complete 126-row response · not a Freightliner-family or model-year production count |
| Response roster boundary | The exact response contains 84 Freightliner-make rows. The 72 truck rows retained here cover 12 literal model labels across MY2003–MY2008. Twelve Freightliner MT-45/MT-55 step-van rows, 18 Sterling rows, 12 Freightliner Custom Chassis rows and 12 Thomas Built Buses rows remain outside this programme. |
| Shared manufacturing description | Manufactured between July 2002 and July 3, 2007 across the mixed complete response · not a family production range, model-year boundary or proof of continuous availability |
| Evidence limit | Campaign applicability establishes neither universal SR-7 fitment, continuous availability, production quantity by family, exact first/final model year, build endpoint, derivative equivalence, completed-truck status nor successor relationship. |
Explicit model year and exact returned regulator label · United States
The official vehicle query and campaign record are joined by campaign number. This is a bounded regulator checkpoint for FL112 Business Class, not production chronology or universal equipment.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| NHTSA make / model-year identity | Freightliner FL112 Business Class · MY2006 |
| Vehicle-specific campaign records returned | 1 |
| Campaign identifier returned | 07V302000 |
| 07V302000 · equipment / defect scope | Certain vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake control valves containing Parker single check valves could permit unintended rollaway or brake drag |
| 07V302000 · campaign-wide potentially affected | 75,000 vehicles · campaign-wide, not an FL112 production count |
| Manufacturer campaign | FL-504 |
| 07V302000 · remedy | Repair the affected vehicles free of charge |
| Evidence limit | The exact vehicle query establishes only the returned Freightliner model label, model year, one-record count and campaign identifier. It does not establish a production count, continuous range, first or final model year, last build, order cut-off, retail availability, successor relationship or equivalence with M2 112. Campaign 07V302000 controls only the campaign-wide Bendix/Parker spring-brake-valve equipment, defect, 75,000-vehicle population and remedy. Its July 2002–July 3, 2007 manufacturing window spans multiple products and is not an FL112 production range, first/final model-year boundary or last-build record. |
Exact NHTSA FL112 Business Class MY2007 row within the campaign response · United States · NHTSA exact campaign record
NHTSA lists FL112 Business Class MY2007 within this component-qualified campaign. The literal original Business Class FL112 label remains separate from FLD112 and M2 112. MY2008 is a regulator checkpoint, not production or replacement chronology.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Exact campaign identity | FL112 Business Class · MY2007 · NHTSA 07V302000 / Freightliner FL-504 |
| Component / condition | Vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake modulating valves · a Parker brass single-check valve could break apart and obstruct the SR-7, or the SR-7 internal rubber check valve could deform and fail to seat |
| Published consequence | Air leakage could delay spring-brake application; improper exhaust could also cause unintended rollaway or brake drag, increasing crash, injury or death risk |
| Manufacturer remedy | Freightliner notified owners and repaired affected vehicles free of charge; truck and Freightliner Custom Chassis notifications began January 11, 2008, while Thomas Built Bus notifications began February 1, 2008 |
| Combined campaign population | 75,000 vehicles across the complete 126-row response · not a Freightliner-family or model-year production count |
| Response roster boundary | The exact response contains 84 Freightliner-make rows. The 72 truck rows retained here cover 12 literal model labels across MY2003–MY2008. Twelve Freightliner MT-45/MT-55 step-van rows, 18 Sterling rows, 12 Freightliner Custom Chassis rows and 12 Thomas Built Buses rows remain outside this programme. |
| Shared manufacturing description | Manufactured between July 2002 and July 3, 2007 across the mixed complete response · not a family production range, model-year boundary or proof of continuous availability |
| Evidence limit | Campaign applicability establishes neither universal SR-7 fitment, continuous availability, production quantity by family, exact first/final model year, build endpoint, derivative equivalence, completed-truck status nor successor relationship. |
Explicit model year and exact returned regulator label · United States
The official vehicle query and campaign record are joined by campaign number. This is a bounded regulator checkpoint for FL112 Business Class, not production chronology or universal equipment.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| NHTSA make / model-year identity | Freightliner FL112 Business Class · MY2007 |
| Vehicle-specific campaign records returned | 1 |
| Campaign identifier returned | 07V302000 |
| 07V302000 · equipment / defect scope | Certain vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake control valves containing Parker single check valves could permit unintended rollaway or brake drag |
| 07V302000 · campaign-wide potentially affected | 75,000 vehicles · campaign-wide, not an FL112 production count |
| Manufacturer campaign | FL-504 |
| 07V302000 · remedy | Repair the affected vehicles free of charge |
| Evidence limit | The exact vehicle query establishes only the returned Freightliner model label, model year, one-record count and campaign identifier. It does not establish a production count, continuous range, first or final model year, last build, order cut-off, retail availability, successor relationship or equivalence with M2 112. Campaign 07V302000 controls only the campaign-wide Bendix/Parker spring-brake-valve equipment, defect, 75,000-vehicle population and remedy. Its July 2002–July 3, 2007 manufacturing window spans multiple products and is not an FL112 production range, first/final model-year boundary or last-build record. |
Certain MY2003–MY2008 FL112 Business Class vehicles fitted with specified Bendix SR-7 spring-brake modulating valves. The filing does not establish a one-to-one transition to M2 112 or an FL112 endpoint. · United States · regulator-filed manufacturer report
Freightliner expressly included FL112 Business Class in its Part 573 filing and attached Bendix's component-investigation chronology. The filing's model-year span, July 2002-to-filing-date vehicle window and approximately 75,000-vehicle estimate apply to the combined multi-brand, multi-model campaign population, not this family alone.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Campaign | NHTSA 07V-302 · Freightliner FL-504 |
| Named model / stated model years | FL112 Business Class · MY2003–MY2008 |
| Shared vehicle manufacturing scope | July 2002 to the July 3, 2007 filing date · combined affected population, not a family production range |
| Shared estimated vehicle population | Approximately 75,000 Freightliner, Sterling, FCCC and Thomas Built vehicles · not a family production count |
| Component manufacturing interval | November 4, 2005–April 17, 2007 · Bendix SR-7 valve population, not vehicle build dates |
| Investigation opened | August 2006 first returned valve; two further leakage reports in October; Bendix Product Integrity Committee investigation opened February 2007 |
| Vehicle reproduction / field event | March 2007 · a vehicle manufacturer reproduced the leakage issue and Bendix received a separate field rollaway report involving minor property damage |
| Root-cause / defect decision | April–May 2007 · Bendix identified an unauthorized supplier process change, confirmed the post-cure and molding-temperature effects, and decided on May 31 that a safety-related defect existed |
| Evidence limit | The report does not allocate population or manufacturing endpoints by model, prove universal SR-7 fitment, continuous production, a first/final model year, a last build, complete-truck versus glider status or a successor relationship |
The filing’s literal Business Class FL112 designation; not an FL112 production endpoint or M2 112 transition record · United States · manufacturer-filed NHTSA identification record
The dated filing verifies only that Freightliner included the literal model designation in its Part 566 manufacturer summary. The letter date is not converted into production, model-year, retail-availability or endpoint evidence.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Literal filed designation | Business Class FL112 |
| Filing class | 49 CFR Part 566 manufacturer identification summary |
| Filed manufacturer | Freightliner LLC · 4747 N. Channel Avenue · Portland, Oregon |
| Submittal / letter date | April 27, 2007 |
| Vehicle types | Truck · incomplete vehicle · bus |
| Publication limit | The roster is not labelled as a model-year catalogue, production report, order guide or sales list |
| Chronology limit | No 2007 production, model-year availability, continuous run, first/final year, last build or successor relationship inferred |
| Configuration limit | No cab, axle, powertrain, regional, completed-vehicle/glider or equipment allocation inferred |
| Visual limit | The filing supplies no complete model-matched A–H dimensions or usable orthographic geometry |
Exact NHTSA FL112 Business Class MY2008 row within the campaign response · United States · NHTSA exact campaign record
NHTSA lists FL112 Business Class MY2008 within this component-qualified campaign. The literal original Business Class FL112 label remains separate from FLD112 and M2 112. MY2008 is a regulator checkpoint, not production or replacement chronology.
| Specification | Documented value / configuration |
|---|---|
| Exact campaign identity | FL112 Business Class · MY2008 · NHTSA 07V302000 / Freightliner FL-504 |
| Component / condition | Vehicles equipped with Bendix SR-7 spring-brake modulating valves · a Parker brass single-check valve could break apart and obstruct the SR-7, or the SR-7 internal rubber check valve could deform and fail to seat |
| Published consequence | Air leakage could delay spring-brake application; improper exhaust could also cause unintended rollaway or brake drag, increasing crash, injury or death risk |
| Manufacturer remedy | Freightliner notified owners and repaired affected vehicles free of charge; truck and Freightliner Custom Chassis notifications began January 11, 2008, while Thomas Built Bus notifications began February 1, 2008 |
| Combined campaign population | 75,000 vehicles across the complete 126-row response · not a Freightliner-family or model-year production count |
| Response roster boundary | The exact response contains 84 Freightliner-make rows. The 72 truck rows retained here cover 12 literal model labels across MY2003–MY2008. Twelve Freightliner MT-45/MT-55 step-van rows, 18 Sterling rows, 12 Freightliner Custom Chassis rows and 12 Thomas Built Buses rows remain outside this programme. |
| Shared manufacturing description | Manufactured between July 2002 and July 3, 2007 across the mixed complete response · not a family production range, model-year boundary or proof of continuous availability |
| Evidence limit | Campaign applicability establishes neither universal SR-7 fitment, continuous availability, production quantity by family, exact first/final model year, build endpoint, derivative equivalence, completed-truck status nor successor relationship. |
04 / DIMENSIONS
FL112 · September 1997 factory catalogue
| Measurement | Reference value | Scope / how to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Bumper to back of cab (BBC) | 112 in2,845 mm | Published BBC for the FL112 catalogue; do not substitute FLD112, FLC112 or M2 112.Freightliner · FL112 introduction and catalogue, September 1997 revision ↗ |
| Measurement | Reference value | Scope / how to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Wheelbase | Not verified | Build record / measurement required. |
| Overall tractor length | Not verified | Build record / measurement required. |
| Overall height | Not verified | Build record / measurement required. |
| Cab / body exterior width | Not verified | Build record / measurement required. |
| Width across mirrors | Not verified | Build record / measurement required. |
| Fifth-wheel height | Not verified | Build record / measurement required. |
| Bumper to front axle (BA) | Not verified | Build record / measurement required. |
Measure fixed exterior width and mirror width separately, plus overall length, the highest accessory, fifth-wheel height and actual transport weight. Interior bunk width is not exterior width.
05 / POWERTRAIN & CHASSIS
Set-back front axle · single-drive 4x2 day-cab tractor orientation. Read engine, gearbox and axle ratings together.
Numerical powertrain ratings need a dated configuration-specific source.
Read the installed unit’s identification plate and build record.
The factory catalogue establishes a 112-inch BBC and multiple cab choices. The accepted illustration is narrower: a single-drive 4x2 day-cab tractor, not a universal rendering of every catalogue configuration.
06 / IDENTIFICATION & BUYER RESEARCH
Publication dates and launch milestones do not establish continuous model-year ranges. Match the VIN, production date and equipment era.
Preserve the complete model designation. Inspect factory identification and current assembly plates, including glider or replacement-component history. Confirm that a seller’s FL112 description has not omitted the D from FLD112 or the M2 prefix.
07 / TRANSPORT & TRAILER RESEARCH
An FL112 may be researched for a vocational body or tractor application, but its name alone cannot establish the original configuration. Identify market, chassis order and any conversion before comparing trailer suitability.
Start with deck length, load placement, axle distribution and cab-to-trailer clearance.
Read the guide HIGHWAYTRAILERS.CACompare deck height, gooseneck geometry and the loaded combination’s height.
Read the guide HIGHWAYTRAILERS.CACheck neck compatibility, fifth-wheel loading, wet-kit requirements and the complete axle layout.
Read the guide HIGHWAYTRAILERS.CAReview the tractor, coupling, trailer, tyres and load as one combination.
Read the guideConfirm build-specific combination, axle, tyre and coupling ratings, kingpin and service connections, clearance and actual axle weights. GVW is the loaded truck; GCW is the loaded combination. Neither is trailer payload.
Give the carrier measured length, exterior and mirror widths, height, ground clearance and transport weight. Assess deck access, breakover, loaded height and securement together.
Deck height & loaded height ↗The model badge, artwork and catalogue option selectors cannot rate an individual combination. Obtain the actual build limits and scale weights.
09 / SOURCES & OPEN QUESTIONS
Reviewed September 14, 2026. Manufacturer figures remain tied to their stated reference; converted equivalents are rounded; original source units are retained. Application and inspection notes are editorial guidance.
Verified: primary evidence for the stated claim. Corroborated: independent supporting sources. Provisional: useful evidence needing confirmation. Unresolved: conflicting or insufficient evidence. A verified service document or announcement does not verify a production range.
Reference-specific values retain their edition. Build-specific values require a VIN or order record; transport dimensions may require physical measurement. Research intervals locate references, not continuous model-year availability. Reviewed 2026-09-30.