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New Flyer Industries Ltd. drive shaft access panel may have insufficient strength or be not properly secured to the floor.

NHTSA campaign 12V-591 · Reported December 17, 2012 · 2,048 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
New Flyer Industries Ltd.
VEHICLES AFFECTED
2,048
REMEDY
New Flyer notification to owners on 01/03/2013.
COST
Free

The short version

New Flyer Industries Ltd. reported a problem with the structure. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The drive shaft access panel may have insufficient strength or be not properly secured to the floor. If the drive shaft fails, debris from the driveshaft failure may enter the passenger compartment through the panel.

WHY IT MATTERS

If debris resulting from drive shaft failure enters the passenger compartment, it may result in injury to the bus occupants.

WHAT TO DO

Take it to a dealer — they will install a steel plate under the access panel on affected buses, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 12V-591.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 12V-591

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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