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Thomas FS-65 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 3 owner complaints across 2 model years of the Thomas FS-65 (2004–2005). The most-complained-about year is 2005.

2
safety recalls, all years
3
owner complaints, all years
2005
year with most recalls
2005
year with most complaints

Pick your Thomas FS-65 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2005 Thomas FS-6522
2004 Thomas FS-6511

What Thomas FS-65 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The 2005 model year has the most, with 2.

All Thomas FS-65 recalls (2)

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

  1. Spindle (suspension)

    NHTSA 05V467000 Reported 1,100 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

    Certain 2005 thomas built fs-65 and c-2 school buses and 2005 freightliner argosy, columbia, century st, and m2 business class trucks manufactured between june 4 and july 8, 2005. The spindles in the rear axle housing were overheated during the heat treatment process. Incorrectly heat treated spindles could result in a fracture of the…

    Remedy: Freightliner will notify its customers and inspect for the heat treat date code on the end of the rear spindles and replace the axle housing if necessary. The recall is expected to begin on january 23, 2006. Owners may…

    Model years: 2005

  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 Thomas 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.