Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner FS65 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 15 model years of the Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner FS65 (2001–2015).

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All Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner FS65 recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner FS65, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Door (structure)

   NHTSA 16V395000 Reported June 2, 2016 24,698 vehicles potentially affected Daimler Trucks North America LLC

   Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 1998-2002 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Conventional, 2000-2002 Saf-T-Liner ER, 2000-2017 Saf-T-Liner MVP-EF, 1998-1999 Vista, 2003 Saf-T-Liner FS65, 2013-2017 Saf-T-liner C2, 2000-2002 Saf-T-Liner MVP-ER, 2013-2017 Saf-T-Liner HDX. In the affected vehicles, the…

   Remedy: DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will either replace the stems or protect them against corrosion, free of charge. An interim notice was sent to owners on July 28, 2016. A second notice was mailed to owners on…

   Model years: 2003

2. Equipment adaptive/mobility

   NHTSA 15V565000 Reported September 4, 2015 4,334 vehicles potentially affected Daimler Trucks North America LLC

   Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2006-2015 Thomas Built Buses FS-65, Saf-T-Liner C2, Saf-T-Liner EF, Saf-T-Liner EFX, Saf-T-Liner HDX, and Minotour DRW school buses manufactured January 3, 2006, to August 1, 2014, and equipped with certain Ricon model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, S5510…

   Remedy: DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began…

   Model years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

3. Door (structure)

   NHTSA 15V432000 Reported July 7, 2015 103,038 vehicles potentially affected Daimler Trucks North America LLC

   Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2002-2013 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner ER, 2001-2005 Saf-T-Liner Conventional, 2002-2013 Saf-T-Liner MVP-EF, 2013 Saf-T-Liner EFX, 2001-2008 Saf-T-Liner FS65, 2005-2013 Saf-T-Liner C2, 2003-2013 Saf-T-Liner HDX, 2002-2003 Saf-T-Liner MVP-ER, 2002 Vista, and…

   Remedy: DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will either replace the stems or protect them against corrosion, free of charge. Daimler issued an interim notification to owners on August 25, 2015. The recall began on December…

   Model years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

4. Door (structure)

   NHTSA 15V425000 Reported July 6, 2015 3,013 vehicles potentially affected Daimler Trucks North America LLC

   Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2002-2004 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner ER, 2001-2005 Saf-T-Liner Conventional, 2002-2013 Saf-T-Liner MVP-EF, 2013 Saf-T-Liner EFX, 2001-2008 Saf-T-Liner FS65, 2005-2013 Saf-T-Liner C2, 2003-2013 Saf-T-Liner HDX, 2002-2003 Saf-T-Liner MVP-ER, 2002 Vista, and…

   Remedy: DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will either replace the stems or protect them against corrosion, free of charge. An interim notice was mailed to owners on August 28, 2015. The recall began on December 24, 2015.…

   Model years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Other Thomas Built Buses models

• Saf-T-Liner C222 complaints
• C28 complaints
• Saf-T-Liner Hdx5 complaints
• FS-654 complaints
• Mvp-Ef4 complaints
• Ef2 complaints
• Hdx2 complaints
• Minotour2 complaints

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.