New Flyer Xd35, New Flyer Xd40, New Flyer Xde35, New Flyer Xde40, New Flyer Xn40, model years 2009 to 2012. Filed by New Flyer Industries Ltd and reported to NHTSA on 4 January 2012. 490 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says New flyer is recalling certain model years 2009-2012 xde40, model years 2010-2011 models xd35 and xde35, model year 2010 xd40, and model year 2011 xn40 transit buses, manufactured from january 2010, through december 2011, and equipped with a parker-hannifin (vansco) instrument panel. the programming of the instrument …
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The maker's own number for this recall: R11-026. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V002 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 12V002 cover?
- New Flyer XD35, New Flyer XD40, New Flyer Xde35, New Flyer Xde40, New Flyer XN40, model years 2009-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- NEW FLYER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEARS 2009-2012 XDE40, MODEL YEARS 2010-2011 MODELS XD35 AND XDE35, MODEL YEAR 2010 XD40, AND MODEL YEAR 2011 XN40 TRANSIT BUSES, MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 2010, THROUGH DECEMBER 2011, AND EQUIPPED WITH A PARKER-HANNIFIN (VANSCO) INSTRUMENT PANEL.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- ENGINE SHUTDOWN WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE PROPULSION OR VEHICLE STALL, EITHER OF WHICH INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. NEW FLYER WILL REPROGRAM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 9, 2012. NEW FLYER WILL UPLOAD A CORRECTED SOFTWARE VERSION FREE OF CHARGE. 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. The maker calls this recall R11-026, 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: “ENGINE SHUTDOWN WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE PROPULSION OR VEHICLE STALL, EITHER OF WHICH INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V002 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES LTD |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Instrument Cluster/Panel |
| Reported to NHTSA | 4 January 2012 |
| Model years | 2009-2012 |
| Vehicles named | NEW FLYER XD35, NEW FLYER XD40, NEW FLYER XDE35, NEW FLYER XDE40, NEW FLYER XN40 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
ENGINE SHUTDOWN WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE PROPULSION OR VEHICLE STALL, EITHER OF WHICH INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.
The remedy
NEW FLYER WILL REPROGRAM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 9, 2012. NEW FLYER WILL UPLOAD A CORRECTED SOFTWARE VERSION FREE OF CHARGE. 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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- New Flyer XD35 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- New Flyer XD40 recalls: 23 US campaigns
- New Flyer Xde35 recalls: 17 US campaigns
- New Flyer Xde40 recalls: 23 US campaigns
- New Flyer XN40 recalls: 22 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 12V002, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v002/
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.
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.
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 12V002 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
08f599e3 - Consequence
ba4e4e73 - Remedy
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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.
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