Structure (New Flyer)
Vehicle recall 12V-591. NHTSA received New Flyer Industries Ltd.’s report on Dec 17, 2012.
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NHTSA received New Flyer Industries Ltd.’s report on Dec 17, 2012. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
If debris resulting from drive shaft failure enters the passenger compartment, it may result in injury to the bus occupants.
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.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Structure.
What should you do?
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.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: 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.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 2,048 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- New Flyer DE40LFRand 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer DE40LFAand 2008 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer D40LFRand 2007, 2008 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer D60LFand 2004, 2007 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer D60LFRand 2007, 2008 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer DE60LFRand 2007, 2008 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer DE60LFAand 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer DE40LFand 2006 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer DE60LFand 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer D40LFand 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer DE35LFAand 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer D60LFAand 2006, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer D35LFRand 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer C40LFRand 2008 and 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer C35LFand 2009, before the model years listed here
- New Flyer XDE40and 2011, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by New Flyer Industries Ltd..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.