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Neoplan AN440L Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 3 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Neoplan AN440L (1998–2002). The most-complained-about year is 2002.

4
safety recalls, all years
3
owner complaints, all years
1998
year with most recalls
2002
year with most complaints

Pick your Neoplan AN440L model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2002 Neoplan AN440L13
2000 Neoplan AN440L10
1999 Neoplan AN440L20
1998 Neoplan AN440L20

What Neoplan AN440L owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The 2002 model year has the most, with 3.

All Neoplan AN440L recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Neoplan AN440L, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Turbo/supercharger (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 05V290000 Reported 465 vehicles potentially affected NEOPLAN USA CORPORATION

    On certain standard floor, low floor and articulated transit buses built with detroit diesel series 50 engines, the turbocharger compressor wheel can break, resulting in shaft imbalance and lubricating oil passes into the exhaust system.

    Remedy: Neoplan is working with detroit diesel to notify owners and have the repair performed on their vehicles. Dealers will install an exhaust temperature sensor and reprogram the emc calibration. Owners may contact neoplan…

    Model years: 1998

  2. Diesel (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 03V261000 Reported 32 vehicles potentially affected NEOPLAN USA CORP.

    On certain transit buses equipped with cummins westport b gas plus or c gas plus 6 cylinder engines, the electronic control module calibration may not correctly detect a throttle plate actuator failure that could result in an uncommanded open throttle condition.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the electronic control module calibration free of charge. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a…

    Model years: 2002

  3. 12v/24v/48v battery (electrical system)

    NHTSA 01V033007 Reported 669 vehicles potentially affected NEOPLAN USA CORP.

    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.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the buses for certain equalizers by the date code. The affected equalizers will be replaced by vanner. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do…

    Model years: 1998, 1999, 2000

  4. Tie rod assembly (steering)

    NHTSA 01V141002 Reported 35 vehicles potentially affected NEOPLAN USA CORP.

    Vehicle description: transit buses equipped with arvinmeritor axles built with trw tie rod ball-socket bearings, part no. Trw 24 dl. These bearings have a below specification case depth and/or hardness which can lead to premature wear out of the socket in some applications.

    Remedy: Arvinmeritor/trw will notify customers and replace the tie rod ends. 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…

    Model years: 1999

Other Neoplan models

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.