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NEW Flyer XT40

Every NEW Flyer XT40 model year on file, 2014 to 2022. 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 years92014 to 2022
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins71Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7512014201512016201720182019202020212022
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Structure leads the NEW Flyer XT40 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
1
Electrical system
1
Fuel system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each NEW Flyer XT40 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 XT40 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2022Not decoded0NoneNone100
2021Not decoded0NoneNone100
2020Not decoded0NoneNone103
2019Not decoded0NoneNone103
2018Not decoded0NoneNone206
2017Not decoded0NoneNone206
2016Not decoded0NoneNone1010
2015Bus1100.01003022
2014Not decoded0NoneNone3021
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the NEW Flyer XT40

  • 25V-898 Dec 19, 2025
    Antilock braking (ABS) and electronic stability control (ESC) module may lose communication and fail without illuminating the warning lights
    Stability and traction control · 6,673 vehicles
  • 22V-943 Dec 20, 2022
    Steering column connection to the upper steering shaft may become loose
    Steering · 746 vehicles
  • 16V-223 Apr 19, 2016
    These buses have an Electric Transit Operator (ETO) controller that controls the bus door motor function which may have a software defect which…
    Electrical system · 1,897 vehicles
  • 15V-333 Jun 1, 2015
    These vehicles have door controller assemblies that may have a software defect which can cause the rear passenger doors to open, without warning,…
    Structure · 1,147 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.