New Flyer C35lf, New Flyer C40lfr, New Flyer D35lfr, New Flyer D40lf, New Flyer D40lfr, New Flyer D60lf, model years 2004 to 2011. Filed by New Flyer Industries Ltd. and reported to NHTSA on 17 December 2012. 2,048 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says 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 …
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The maker's own number for this recall: R12-040. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V591 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 12V591 cover?
- New Flyer C35Lf, New Flyer C40Lfr, New Flyer D35Lfr, New Flyer D40Lf, New Flyer D40Lfr, New Flyer D60Lf, New Flyer D60Lfa, New Flyer D60Lfr, model years 2004-2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- 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.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If debris resulting from drive shaft failure enters the passenger compartment, it may result in injury to the bus occupants.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. 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.
- 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 R12-040, 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: “If debris resulting from drive shaft failure enters the passenger compartment, it may result in injury to the bus occupants.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V591 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | New Flyer Industries Ltd. |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 December 2012 |
| Model years | 2004-2011 |
| Vehicles named | NEW FLYER C35LF, NEW FLYER C40LFR, NEW FLYER D35LFR, NEW FLYER D40LF, NEW FLYER D40LFR, NEW FLYER D60LF, NEW FLYER D60LFA, NEW FLYER D60LFR, NEW FLYER DE35LFA, NEW FLYER DE40LF, NEW FLYER DE40LFA, NEW FLYER DE40LFR, NEW FLYER DE60LF, NEW FLYER DE60LFA |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If debris resulting from drive shaft failure enters the passenger compartment, it may result in injury to the bus occupants.
The remedy
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.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- New Flyer C40lfr recalls: 7 US campaigns
- New Flyer D35lfr recalls: 4 US campaigns
- New Flyer D40lfr recalls: 4 US campaigns
- New Flyer D60lfr recalls: 3 US campaigns
- New Flyer De40lfr recalls: 3 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12V591, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v591/
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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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 12V591 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
ef0e663a - Consequence
72656133 - 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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