FaultScore

Freightliner FS-65 problems

Owners have filed 36 complaints about the Freightliner FS-65 with NHTSA across model years 1998 to 2005. More of them are about the fuel & propulsion than anything else.

Every Freightliner FS-65 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2005 1 0 0 Seats
2002 5 0 0 95,869 Body & Structure
2001 14 0 0 38,730 Fuel & Propulsion
2000 12 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1999 2 0 0 Body & Structure
1998 2 0 2 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Freightliner FS-65

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Fuel & Propulsion 22 61.1%

Worst in 2000

Body & Structure 6 16.7%

Worst in 2002

Electrical System 3 8.3%

Worst in 2001

Brakes 3 8.3%

Worst in 2001

Engine & Cooling 1 2.8%

Worst in 1998

Seats 1 2.8%

Worst in 2005

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Freightliner FS-65, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2003 peak 20 Sep 2015

Compare the Freightliner FS-65

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.