New Flyer Xd40, New Flyer Xd60, New Flyer Xde40, New Flyer Xn40, New Flyer Xn60, model years 2013 to 2017. Filed by New Flyer of America Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 22 November 2018. 463 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says New Flyer of America, Inc. (New Flyer) is recalling certain 2015-2017 New Flyer XD40 and XN60, 2015 XD60 and XDE40 and 2013-2017 XN40 vehicles, equipped with certain Kidde Technologies, Inc. (KTI) KDS-25 fire extinguishers as part of the optional fire suppression system. The actuator of the extinguisher may not …
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New Flyer's own number for this recall: R18-020. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V827 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 18V827 cover?
- New Flyer XD40, New Flyer XD60, New Flyer Xde40, New Flyer XN40, New Flyer XN60, model years 2013-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- New Flyer of America, Inc. (New Flyer) is recalling certain 2015-2017 New Flyer XD40 and XN60, 2015 XD60 and XDE40 and 2013-2017 XN40 vehicles, equipped with certain Kidde Technologies, Inc. (KTI) KDS-25 fire extinguishers as part of the optional fire suppression system.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the fire suppression system does not work as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. New Flyer has notified owners, and KTI will inspect the fire suppression systems and replace the electrical piston actuators, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on November 29, 2018. Owners may contact New Flyer customer service at 1-204-224-6706.
- 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 R18-020, 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 the fire suppression system does not work as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.”
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in the notice
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| Campaign | 18V827 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | New Flyer of America Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 22 November 2018 |
| Model years | 2013-2017 |
| Vehicles named | NEW FLYER XD40, NEW FLYER XD60, NEW FLYER XDE40, NEW FLYER XN40, NEW FLYER XN60 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the fire suppression system does not work as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.
The remedy
New Flyer has notified owners, and KTI will inspect the fire suppression systems and replace the electrical piston actuators, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on November 29, 2018. Owners may contact New Flyer customer service at 1-204-224-6706. New Flyer's number for this recall is R18-020.
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
- New Flyer XD40 recalls: 23 US campaigns
- New Flyer XD60 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- New Flyer Xde40 recalls: 23 US campaigns
- New Flyer XN40 recalls: 22 US campaigns
- New Flyer XN60 recalls: 15 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 18V827, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v827/
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.
Other New Flyer notices we hold
- 26V279: 2022 XE40 transit buses
- 26V151: 2021-2025 XE35, 2021-2026 XE40, 2023-2025 XE60, 2023-2026 XHE40, and 2024-2026 XHE60 transit buses equipped with Accelera ELFA 3 control systems V1 and V2
- 25V898: XD35, XDE35, XE35, XN35, XD40, XDE40, XE40, XHE40, XN40, XT40, XD60, XDE60, XE60, XN60, XT60, and XHE60 transit buses
- 25V631: 2019 XE35, 2021-2025 XE35, XE40, and XE60 transit buses
- 25V566: 2013, 2017-2025 XE40, 2019-2025 XE60, XE35, 2023-2025 XHE40, and 2024-2025 XHE60 buses
- 25V542: 2012-2025 Xcelsior buses
- 25V053: 2023-2024 XDE60, 2024 XD35, XD40, and XD60 transit buses equipped with Cummins L9 diesel engines
- 24V425: 2023 XD35, XD40, and XD60
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 18V827 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
60c9e211 - Consequence
3b05703b - 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.
The wording we hold for 18V827 · how the whole register is watched
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