Recall 01V033006: 1998–2000 New Flyer C40LF and 1 other model

Report received

Apr 30, 2001

Manufacturer

New flyer industries limited

Potentially affected

2,100vehicles

Model years

1998–2000

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

Vehicle description: transit buses equipped with vanner 60 series battery equalizers. The equalizer could fail to operate properly and cause malfunction of the battery charging system.

Possible consequence

Without fusing, the equalizer may melt, burn, or smoke, possibly resulting in a fire or a smoke filled bus, thus necessitating a passenger evacuation of the bus. The failure mode can cause operator distraction, and/or possible personal injury.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect the buses for certain equalizers by the date code. The affected equalizers will be replaced by vanner. New flyer is conducting the owner notification for this campaign. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact vanner at 1-800-227-6937 or new flyer at 1-204-982-8413.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 1998 New Flyer C40LF0 complaints
• 1999 New Flyer C40LF0 complaints
• 2000 New Flyer C40LF0 complaints
• 1998 New Flyer D40LF1 complaints
• 1999 New Flyer D40LF0 complaints
• 2000 New Flyer D40LF0 complaints