Thomas Saf-T-Liner ER Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 2 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Thomas Saf-T-Liner ER (2002–2005). The most-complained-about year is 2005.

Pick your Thomas Saf-T-Liner ER model year

• 2002
• 2003
• 2004
• 2005

What Thomas Saf-T-Liner ER owners complain about

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

• Electrical system: fuses and circuit breakers2

All Thomas Saf-T-Liner ER recalls (1)

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

1. Vehicle speed control

   NHTSA 05V208000 Reported April 27, 2005 153 vehicles potentially affected FREIGHTLINER LLC

   Certain my 2002-2005 thomas built saf-t-liner er school buses and er transit buses manufactured between november 2002 and february 2005 and equipped with john deere 8.1l compressed natural gas engines models hfn01 and hfn03. The engine control unit and throttle can unexpectedly surge. These units fail to conform to federal motor vehicle…

   Remedy: John deere will notify the customers of freightliner/thomas built and will update the engine control unit software free of charge. Owners may contact john deere at 1-800-jd-engine.

   Model years: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Other Thomas models

• School Bus21 complaints
• Thomas11 complaints
• Bus7 complaints
• Mvp EF7 complaints
• Saf-T-Liner5 complaints
• C23 complaints
• FS-653 complaints
• CL1002 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.