New Flyer of America Inc.: Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
New Flyer of America Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 7, 2018 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 979. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
New Flyer of America Inc. (New Flyer) is recalling certain 2016-2018 XDE40 and XDE60 and 2017 XDE35 Heavy Duty Urban Transit buses. The plastic end-caps of the drive shaft slip yoke may crack and fail.
The risk
Failure of the drive shaft end-caps would result in a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
New Flyer will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the drive shaft slip yoke, replacing any drive shaft that has plastic end-caps on the slip yoke, free of charge. The recall began on March 22, 2018. Owners may contact New Flyer customer service at 1-204-224-6706. New Flyer's number for this recall is R18-002.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 New Flyer XDE40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 New Flyer XDE60 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 New Flyer XDE35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 New Flyer XDE40 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 New Flyer XDE60 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 New Flyer XDE40 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 New Flyer XDE60 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 18V155000.
Full record for the 2018 New Flyer XDE40 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →