New Flyer Xd60, New Flyer Xde60, New Flyer Xn60, New Flyer Xt60, model years 2014 to 2017. Filed by New Flyer of America Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 12 June 2018. 908 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says New Flyer of America, Inc. (New Flyer) is recalling certain 2014-2016 New Flyer XT60, 2014-2017 New Flyer XN60 and XD60, and 2015-2017 New Flyer XDE60 urban transit buses equipped with ZF Axles that have radial air disk brakes. Surface roughness of a guide pin in the radial brake calipers may cause the brake carriage …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: R18-010. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V394 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 18V394 cover?
- New Flyer XD60, New Flyer Xde60, New Flyer XN60, New Flyer XT60, model years 2014-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- New Flyer of America, Inc. (New Flyer) is recalling certain 2014-2016 New Flyer XT60, 2014-2017 New Flyer XN60 and XD60, and 2015-2017 New Flyer XDE60 urban transit buses equipped with ZF Axles that have radial air disk brakes.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Breakage of the guide pin can cause a reduction of braking ability and an increase in stopping distances, or a loss of tire pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. New Flyer will notify owners, and dealers will install a bushing kit and reinstall the brake calipers, free of charge. The recall began June 29, 2018. Owners may contact New Flyer customer service at 1-204-224-6706. New Flyer's number for this recall is R18-010.
- 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 R18-010, 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: “Breakage of the guide pin can cause a reduction of braking ability and an increase in stopping distances, or a loss of tire pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V394 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | New Flyer of America Inc. |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Air:Disc:Caliper |
| Reported to NHTSA | 12 June 2018 |
| Model years | 2014-2017 |
| Vehicles named | NEW FLYER XD60, NEW FLYER XDE60, NEW FLYER XN60, NEW FLYER XT60 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Breakage of the guide pin can cause a reduction of braking ability and an increase in stopping distances, or a loss of tire pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
New Flyer will notify owners, and dealers will install a bushing kit and reinstall the brake calipers, free of charge. The recall began June 29, 2018. Owners may contact New Flyer customer service at 1-204-224-6706. New Flyer's number for this recall is R18-010.
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 353 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, air. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- New Flyer XD60 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- New Flyer Xde60 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- New Flyer XN60 recalls: 15 US campaigns
- New Flyer XT60 recalls: 6 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 18V394, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v394/
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 18V394 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
2e7102c9 - Consequence
8abb8dc0 - 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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