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Freightliner FB-65 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Freightliner FB-65 (2004–2006).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2005
year with most recalls

Pick your Freightliner FB-65 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2006 Freightliner FB-6510
2005 Freightliner FB-6520
2004 Freightliner FB-6510

All Freightliner FB-65 recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Freightliner FB-65, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Linkages (steering)

    NHTSA 07V394000 Reported 4,850 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    On certain school bus and motor home chassis, improper pinch bolt installation may result in decoupling of the steering shaft and a loss of steering.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and ensure that the steering shaft pinch bolts are properly installed. Improperly installed pinch bolts will be torqued to the correct specification. The recall began on october 16, 2007. Owners…

    Model years: 2005, 2006

  2. Service brakes, hydraulic

    NHTSA 05V426000 Reported 1,630 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    Certain freightliner custom chassis fs-65 school bus chassis and fb-65 shuttle bus chassis equipped with caterpillar c7 engines and revised cooling packages and manufactured between january 24, 2004, and june 15, 2005. The front hydraulic line may rub through on a radiator tube, possibly resulting in the loss of brake fluid to the front…

    Remedy: Freightliner and thomas built will notify its customers and will inspect and secure the brake line to provide more clearance free of charge. The recall began on january 20, 2006. Owners may contact freightliner at…

    Model years: 2004, 2005

Other Freightliner models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.