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NHTSA campaign 12V591000 · New Flyer campaign R12-040

New Flyer Recall 12V-591: Drive Shaft Access Panel to be Reinforced

NHTSA recall 12V591000 (New Flyer campaign R12-040) was reported by New Flyer Industries Ltd. on December 17, 2012, with 2,048 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the New Flyer DE40LFR, New Flyer D40LF, New Flyer DE60LF and more for model years 2004, 2006–2011. Owners were notified on January 3, 2013, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
12V591000 (also written 12V-591 or 12V591)
Filed by
New Flyer Industries Ltd.
New Flyer campaign number
R12-040
Report received
Potentially affected
2,048 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Structure
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V591000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V591000.

Defect description

New Flyer is recalling certain model year 2004-2011 transit buses, models: C35LF, C40LFR, D35LFR, D40LF, D40LFR, D60LF, D60LFA, D60LFR, DE35LFA, DE40LF, DE40LFA, DE40LFR, DE60LF, DE60LFA, DE60LFR, and XDE40. The drive shaft access panel may have insufficient strength or be not properly secured to the floor. If the drive shaft fails, debris from the driveshaft failure may enter the passenger compartment through the panel.

Safety consequence

If debris resulting from drive shaft failure enters the passenger compartment, it may result in injury to the bus occupants.

Manufacturer remedy

New Flyer notification to owners on 01/03/2013. Dealers will install a steel plate under the access panel on affected buses, free of charge. Owners may contact New Flyer at 1-204-224-6706 for more information.

Notes

New Flyer's campaign recall number is R12-040.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V591000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.