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NEW Flyer C40LF

Every NEW Flyer C40LF model year on file, 1994 to 2013. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years201994 to 2013
Recall campaigns27Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins125Summed across model years
By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75119941996119982000200220042006200820102013
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Seat belts leads the NEW Flyer C40LF complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seat belts
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each NEW Flyer C40LF model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

NEW Flyer C40LF by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2013Not decoded0NoneNone206
2012Not decoded0NoneNone206
2011Not decoded0NoneNone308
2010Not decoded0NoneNone304
2009Not decoded0NoneNone204
2008Not decoded0NoneNone429
2007Not decoded0NoneNone104
2006Not decoded0NoneNone304
2005Not decoded0NoneNone624
2004Not decoded0NoneNone605
2003Not decoded0NoneNone205
2002Not decoded0NoneNone408
2001Not decoded0NoneNone607
2000Not decoded0NoneNone817
1999Not decoded0NoneNone917
1998Not decoded0NoneNone1017
1997Not decoded1100.0100407
1996Not decoded0NoneNone3012
1995Not decoded0NoneNone006
1994Not decoded0NoneNone005
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the NEW Flyer C40LF

  • 17V-130 Mar 1, 2017
    These vehicles are equipped with MAN V8-65L axle beams that may have cracks on the upper and/or lower surface, which, over time can cause the axle…
    Suspension · 2,357 vehicles
  • 16V-038 Jan 26, 2016
    Affected seats have J-Brackets that may be missing welds which could allow the seat belt anchorage assembly to separate from the J-Bracket
    Seats · 4,848 vehicles
  • 15V-292 May 18, 2015
    Excessive engine crankcase pressures may cause the 90-degree elbow of the vent tube assembly to detach from the crankcase ventilation breather,…
    Engine and cooling · 2,956 vehicles
  • 14V-087 Mar 4, 2014
    In the affected vehicles, condensation in the intake manifold may freeze during cold weather conditions and interfere with the proper operation of…
    Engine and cooling · 2,139 vehicles
  • 12V-518 Oct 25, 2012
    Air pressure may leak from the parking brake chambers causing the parking brakes to drag while the vehicle is driven
    Brakes · 1,041 vehicles
  • 12V-466 Sep 24, 2012
    Failures can occur within the engine turbocharger
    Engine and cooling · 163 vehicles
  • 11V-237 Apr 14, 2011
    There is insufficient engagement between the teeter lever base and the cam plate
    Latches and locks · 1,123 vehicles
  • 09V-367 Sep 24, 2009
    Connector board can corrode due to an accumulation of moisture under the connector
    Lighting · 1,412 vehicles
  • 08V-296 Jul 3, 2008
    Certain batch of the programmable logic control modules may have a manufacturing defect
    Brakes · 319 vehicles
  • 07V-268 Jun 11, 2007
    On certain transit buses, the u-joint assemblies have inadequate spline engagement on one of the two end yokes
    Steering · 1,768 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.