Original Business Class FL80. A contemporary factory page explicitly dates its introduction to 1991. First model-year coding and the final-production boundary remain separate unresolved questions.
2006 is available only as a separately labelled U.S. recall model-year checkpoint. It does not extend the provisional chronology or establish the final model year or final build.
Select a year, or explore the full family chronology below.
December 3, 1990 VIN-code amendment Corroborated
FL80 named in Freightliner’s new short-conventional VIN codes
The manufacturer-filed amendment is a dated identity checkpoint for FL80, alongside newly added FL60 and FL70 codes. The letter does not say when FL80 production, ordering or retail availability began and does not establish a first model year.
Freightliner Corporation’s December 3, 1990 Part 565 amendment explicitly adds “FL 80 Short Conventional” as model/cab code J.
View dated specifications →MY1991 NHTSA campaign checkpoint Verified
FL80 · MY1991 regulator campaign checkpoint
This federal record is retained as an independently bounded model-year checkpoint inside the provisional FL80 chronology. It is not converted into production continuity, an exact first model year, an endpoint or a family-transition finding.
Official NHTSA vehicle and campaign records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only model/model-year identity and returned memberships; campaign records supply campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →Original Business Class era Provisional
Original FL80 reference
The initial family and model introduction are now documented. For a 1998 truck, the dated catalogue references below provide a starting point; confirm its actual configuration against the build record.
1991–2005 is the working research interval and must not be interpreted as a verified continuous model-year run.
MY1992 NHTSA campaign checkpoint Verified
FL80 · MY1992 regulator campaign checkpoint
This federal record is retained as an independently bounded model-year checkpoint inside the provisional FL80 chronology. It is not converted into production continuity, an exact first model year, an endpoint or a family-transition finding.
Official NHTSA vehicle and campaign records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only model/model-year identity and returned memberships; campaign records supply campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →MY1993 NHTSA campaign checkpoint Verified
FL80 · MY1993 regulator campaign checkpoint
This federal record is retained as an independently bounded model-year checkpoint inside the provisional FL80 chronology. It is not converted into production continuity, an exact first model year, an endpoint or a family-transition finding.
Official NHTSA vehicle and campaign records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only model/model-year identity and returned memberships; campaign records supply campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →MY1994 NHTSA campaign checkpoint Verified
FL80 · MY1994 regulator campaign checkpoint
This federal record is retained as an independently bounded model-year checkpoint inside the provisional FL80 chronology. It is not converted into production continuity, an exact first model year, an endpoint or a family-transition finding.
Official NHTSA vehicle and campaign records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only model/model-year identity and returned memberships; campaign records supply campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →October 1996 announcement / January 1997 stated availability Verified
FL80 · Mexican-market launch checkpoint
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 →August 23, 1997 factory release Verified
FL70 / FL80 fire and emergency package
The published values belong to the named emergency package, not every FL70/FL80 or a model-year production boundary.
Freightliner and American LaFrance announced a factory-engineered fire/rescue package for two Business Class chassis.
View dated specifications →1997 Verified
Factory all-wheel-drive option
March 20, 1997: Freightliner announced factory AWD for Business Class. This is an equipment milestone within FL80, not evidence of an entirely new cab generation.
A dated option announcement; actual build applicability must be confirmed.
View dated specifications →January 8, 1997 factory release Corroborated
FL80 Mexican sales and support checkpoint
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 FL80 among the Business Class products it said would be sold in Mexico beginning in January 1997.
View dated specifications →October 1997 North American factory catalogue index Verified
FL80 · October 1997 North American catalogue indexes
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 →1997–1998 documentary reference Verified
FL80 tractor and severe-duty references
The tractor and 8×4 vocational tables describe different configurations. Their maxima cannot be combined into one truck.
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 →MY2003 exact campaign applicability Verified
FL80 Business Class MY2003 · exact 07V-302 campaign detail
This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL80 Business Class MY2003 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →MY2003 NHTSA campaign checkpoint Verified
FL80 Business Class · MY2003 regulator checkpoint
This regulator result is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. It is not converted into a production start, endpoint or continuous model-year run. The campaign equipment scope is narrower than whole-family production evidence.
NHTSA’s vehicle-specific query explicitly returns Freightliner FL80 Business Class for MY2003. The campaign equipment scope is narrower than whole-family production evidence.
View dated specifications →MY2004 exact campaign applicability Verified
FL80 Business Class MY2004 · exact 07V-302 campaign detail
This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL80 Business Class MY2004 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →MY2004 NHTSA campaign checkpoint Verified
FL80 Business Class · MY2004 regulator checkpoint
This regulator result is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. It is not converted into a production start, endpoint or continuous model-year run. The campaign equipment scopes are narrower than whole-family production evidence.
NHTSA’s vehicle-specific query explicitly returns Freightliner FL80 Business Class for MY2004. The campaign equipment scopes are narrower than whole-family production evidence.
View dated specifications →February 2004 factory service-publication revision Corroborated
FL80 factory maintenance-schedule identity
FL80 is a named member of the FL-series maintenance roster and its severe-service interval group. This is a dated service checkpoint, not proof of a final model year, continuous 1991–2004 production or the explanation for the separate MY2006 regulator record.
Freightliner LLC’s February 2004 STI-266 cover and Schedule I table explicitly include FL80.
View dated specifications →MY2005 exact campaign applicability Verified
FL80 Business Class MY2005 · exact 07V-302 campaign detail
This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL80 Business Class MY2005 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →MY2005 NHTSA campaign checkpoint Verified
FL80 Business Class · MY2005 regulator checkpoint
This regulator result is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. It is not converted into a production start, endpoint or continuous model-year run. MY2005 is now an explicit identity checkpoint, not a verified endpoint or a continuous-range finding.
NHTSA’s vehicle-specific query explicitly returns Freightliner FL80 Business Class for MY2005. MY2005 is now an explicit identity checkpoint, not a verified endpoint or a continuous-range finding.
View dated specifications →MY2006 exact campaign applicability Verified
FL80 Business Class MY2006 · exact 07V-302 campaign detail
This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL80 Business Class MY2006 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →Official recall model-year record Verified
MY2006 U.S. checkpoint
The official campaign detail explains the affected brake-valve population while preserving the narrow MY2006 checkpoint. The FL80 final model year, last order and last build remain unresolved.
The vehicle-specific MY2006 record controls the FL80 identity; the joined campaign record controls broader equipment, population, consequence and remedy fields. Neither establishes an endpoint.
View dated specifications →MY2007 exact campaign applicability Verified
FL80 Business Class MY2007 · exact 07V-302 campaign detail
This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL80 Business Class MY2007 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
View dated specifications →July 3, 2007 filing · August 2006–May 2007 component investigation Verified
FL80 Business Class · FL-504 manufacturer-filing checkpoint
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 →April 27, 2007 manufacturer identification filing Corroborated
FL80 Part 566 manufacturer-roster identity
The regulator-hosted Freightliner filing preserves Business Class FL80 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 FL80 in its filed Freightliner model roster.
View dated specifications →MY2008 exact campaign applicability Verified
FL80 Business Class MY2008 · exact 07V-302 campaign detail
This exact row preserves regulator provenance without converting mixed campaign metadata into continuous production chronology.
NHTSA campaign 07V302000 returns the named FL80 Business Class MY2008 row with component, condition, consequence, remedy and combined-response fields.
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