Innovative SFS-45 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 0 owner complaints across 1 model year of the Innovative SFS-45 (2008).

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• 2008

All Innovative SFS-45 recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Innovative SFS-45, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Axle hubs (power train)

   NHTSA 09V067000 Reported February 23, 2009 4 vehicles potentially affected INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING

   Innovative is recalling 4 my 2008 sfs-45, sds-45 and my 2009 sds-42 buses equipped with arvinmeritor axle assemblies. The wheel end studs may have been improperly tempered rendering them brittle and susceptible to fracture. If one wheel stud fractures, the remaining wheel studs are required to carry more load. If left in this condition,…

   Remedy: Innovative is working with arvinmeritor who will replace any aftermarket replacement stud free of charge (please see 08e038). Owners may contact arvinmeritor at 1-248-435-8793 or innovative at 903-832-6684.

   Model years: 2008

Other Innovative models

• SDS-421 complaints
• SDS-450 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.