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New Flyer GE40LFR Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 3 model years of the New Flyer GE40LFR (2008–2010).

5
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2009
year with most recalls

Pick your New Flyer GE40LFR model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2010 New Flyer GE40LFR10
2009 New Flyer GE40LFR30
2008 New Flyer GE40LFR20

All New Flyer GE40LFR recalls (5)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a New Flyer GE40LFR, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Seats

    NHTSA 16V038000 Reported 4,848 vehicles potentially affected New Flyer Industries Ltd.

    New Flyer Industries, Ltd. (New Flyer) is recalling certain model year 2015 New Flyer MD30, 2012 C35LFR, 2010-2011 D35LFR, NABI 35LFW, 2011 D40LFR, 2010-2012 D60LFR and NABI 31LFW, 2010 C40LF, DE35LF, D40LF, DE40LFA, DE60LFA, GE35LFR and GE40LF, 2009 DE60LF and GE40LFR, 2010-2013 C40LFR, DE60LFR, NABI 416 and NABI 60BRT, 2010-2015 XD35,…

    Remedy: New Flyer will notify owners instructing them to inspect their seats for missing welds. Recaro will supply replacement anchorage brackets and cover the labor to replace them if any welds are missing, free of charge.…

    Model years: 2009

  2. Power window devices and controls (visibility)

    NHTSA 12V515000 Reported 11 vehicles potentially affected New Flyer Industries Ltd.

    New Flyer is recalling certain model year 2010 GE35LFR and GE40LFR transit buses, equipped with Ricon 3-Minute Urban Transit Bus egress window sets. The composition of the material used to cast the handle that opens the egress window is incorrect, resulting in a reduction in material strength. The handle(s) on the emergency egress…

    Remedy: New Flyer will notify owners, and dealers will replace the handles free of charge. The recall began on November 1, 2012. Owners may contact New Flyer at 1-204-982-8400 for more information.

    Model years: 2010

  3. Driveshaft (power train)

    NHTSA 11V407000 Reported 247 vehicles potentially affected NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES LTD

    New flyer is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 heavy duty transit buses. The three retaining bolts for the output flange on the ise propulsion system are subject to fatigue failure. Failure of the three bolts retaining the output flange to the combination gear box on the ise propulsion system could result in a separation of a…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the drive line components and replace the output flange bolts free of charge. The safety recall began on august 18, 2011. Owners may contact new flyer at 1-204-934-4876.

    Model years: 2008, 2009

  4. Seat belts

    NHTSA 10V090000 Reported 4 vehicles potentially affected NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES LTD

    New flyer is recalling certain model year 2009 ge40lfr transit buses equipped with remote release belts supplied by american seating. These belts are the subject of defect report 09e-065. They may not properly lock up and as result may not properly restrain the mobility device when the bus decelerates.

    Remedy: New flyer is working with american seating and will replace the belts free of charge. The safety recall began on march 10, 2010. Owners may contact new flyer at 204-934-4876.

    Model years: 2009

  5. Service brakes, air

    NHTSA 08V296000 Reported 319 vehicles potentially affected NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES LTD

    New flyer is recalling 319 my 2008 c40lf, c40lfr, d35lf, d40lf, d41lf, d61lfr, de41lf, de61lf, e40lfr, ge40lfr, and de41lfr transit buses equipped with parker hannifin (vansco) control modules. A certain batch of the programmable logic control modules may have a manufacturing defect. This defect could produce erratic behavior of certain…

    Remedy: The affected modules will be replaced free of charge. The recall began on july 14, 2008. Owners may contact new flyer at 1-204-982-8400.

    Model years: 2008

Other New Flyer 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.