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New Flyer recall 11V407 (R11-017): Model Year 2005-2010 Heavy Duty Transit Buses

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New Flyer D40lf, New Flyer Ge35lfr, New Flyer Ge40lf, New Flyer Ge40lfa, New Flyer Ge40lfr, New Flyer H40lfr, model years 2005 to 2010. Filed by New Flyer Industries Ltd and reported to NHTSA on 5 August 2011. 247 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says New flyer is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 heavy duty transit buses. the three retaining bolts for the output flange on the ise propulsion system are subject to fatigue failure. failure of the three bolts retaining the output flange to the combination gear box on the ise propulsion system could result in a …

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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New Flyer's own number for this recall: R11-017. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V407 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.

What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 11V407 cover?
New Flyer D40Lf, New Flyer Ge35Lfr, New Flyer Ge40Lf, New Flyer Ge40Lfa, New Flyer Ge40Lfr, New Flyer H40Lfr, model years 2005-2010.
What is wrong with them?
NEW FLYER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2010 HEAVY DUTY TRANSIT BUSES. THE THREE RETAINING BOLTS FOR THE OUTPUT FLANGE ON THE ISE PROPULSION SYSTEM ARE SUBJECT TO FATIGUE FAILURE.
What can happen if it is not put right?
SEPARATION OF THE DRIVESHAFT AND OUTPUT FLANGE FROM THE VEHICLE CREATES THE POTENTIAL FOR BODILY INJURY OF BYSTANDERS AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE DRIVE LINE COMPONENTS AND REPLACE THE OUTPUT FLANGE BOLTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 18, 2011. 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. New Flyer calls this recall R11-017, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.

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: “SEPARATION OF THE DRIVESHAFT AND OUTPUT FLANGE FROM THE VEHICLE CREATES THE POTENTIAL FOR BODILY INJURY OF BYSTANDERS AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.”

247vehicles potentially
affected
6models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 5 August 2011owners told 18 August 2011today
The defect reached the regulator on 5 August 2011. Owners were written to 13 days later, on 18 August 2011. 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.
Campaign11V407
Filed byNEW FLYER INDUSTRIES LTD
System at faultPower Train:Driveline:Driveshaft
Reported to NHTSA5 August 2011
Model years2005-2010
Vehicles namedNEW FLYER D40LF, NEW FLYER GE35LFR, NEW FLYER GE40LF, NEW FLYER GE40LFA, NEW FLYER GE40LFR, NEW FLYER H40LFR

What the notice says today

The consequence

SEPARATION OF THE DRIVESHAFT AND OUTPUT FLANGE FROM THE VEHICLE CREATES THE POTENTIAL FOR BODILY INJURY OF BYSTANDERS AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE DRIVE LINE COMPONENTS AND REPLACE THE OUTPUT FLANGE BOLTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 18, 2011. 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 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.

Other New Flyer notices we hold

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

The fingerprint of this notice

We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11V407 on 17 September 2026, they were:

We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.

The wording we hold for 11V407 · how the whole register is watched

This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the New Flyer Ge35lfr, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.

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