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NHTSA recall 25V542000

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Campaign
Published byNHTSA (United States)
Campaign number25V542000
ManufacturerNew Flyer of America, Inc.
Reported2025-08-22
Owners notified2025-10-08
ComponentSTRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT
Units potentially affected2354
Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
ReportQuarterly report 3, for 2026 quarter 2
Filed with NHTSA2026-07-28
Vehicles in the campaign2354
Reported remedied162 (6%)
Reported unreachable0
Reported removed0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.

What is wrong

New Flyer of America, Inc. (New Flyer) is recalling certain 2012-2025 Xcelsior buses. The buses may have been built without enough emergency exits or the exits may be in an incorrect location. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 217, "Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release."

What can happen

An insufficient number, or incorrectly located, of emergency exits can prevent or delay passengers from exiting during an emergency, increasing their risk of injury.

The remedy

New Flyer will mail instructions and necessary parts to add additional emergency egress windows, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 8, 2025. Owners may contact New Flyer's customer service at 1-800-241-2947.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2012 NEW FLYER XCELSIORBuilt from 2012-09-03.
2013 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2014 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2015 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2016 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2017 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2018 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2019 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2020 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2021 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2022 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2023 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2024 NEW FLYER XCELSIOR
2025 NEW FLYER XCELSIORBuilt to 2025-08-15.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

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