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New Flyer recall 10V343: New Flyer C40lfr, New Flyer D40lf, New Flyer De60lf and 1 more (2008 to 2009)

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New Flyer C40lfr, New Flyer D40lf, New Flyer De60lf, New Flyer De60lfa, model years 2008 to 2009. Filed by New Flyer Industries Ltd and reported to NHTSA on 22 July 2010. 145 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says New flyer is recalling certain model year 2008 c40lfr, d40lf and de60lf heavy duty transit buses, as well as model year 2009 de60lfa heavy duty transit buses. the passenger assist grab strap handles have experienced multiple failures in the field.

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V343 cover?
New Flyer C40Lfr, New Flyer D40Lf, New Flyer De60Lf, New Flyer De60Lfa, model years 2008-2009.
What is wrong with them?
NEW FLYER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 C40LFR, D40LF AND DE60LF HEAVY DUTY TRANSIT BUSES, AS WELL AS MODEL YEAR 2009 DE60LFA HEAVY DUTY TRANSIT BUSES. THE PASSENGER ASSIST GRAB STRAP HANDLES HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE FAILURES IN THE FIELD.
What can happen if it is not put right?
FAILURE OF A PASSENGER ASSIST GRAB STRAP HANDLE COULD RESULT IN A PASSENGER FALLING AND BEING INJURED.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING PASSENGER ASSIST GRAB STRAP HANDLES WITH AN IMPROVED PRODUCT FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING AUGUST 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NEW FLYER AT 1-204-934-4876.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “FAILURE OF A PASSENGER ASSIST GRAB STRAP HANDLE COULD RESULT IN A PASSENGER FALLING AND BEING INJURED.”

145vehicles potentially
affected
4models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 22 July 2010owners told 15 August 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 22 July 2010. Owners were written to 24 days later, on 15 August 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign10V343
Filed byNEW FLYER INDUSTRIES LTD
System at faultEquipment
Reported to NHTSA22 July 2010
Model years2008-2009
Vehicles namedNEW FLYER C40LFR, NEW FLYER D40LF, NEW FLYER DE60LF, NEW FLYER DE60LFA

What the notice says today

The consequence

FAILURE OF A PASSENGER ASSIST GRAB STRAP HANDLE COULD RESULT IN A PASSENGER FALLING AND BEING INJURED.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING PASSENGER ASSIST GRAB STRAP HANDLES WITH AN IMPROVED PRODUCT FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING AUGUST 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NEW FLYER AT 1-204-934-4876.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

How to cite this record

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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V343, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v343/

The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.

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Other New Flyer notices we hold

All 43 New Flyer campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record

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