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.
1983-2001 · 18 model years
Neoplan AN440 Problems by year
Owners have filed 6 complaints about the Neoplan AN440 across 18 model years, and it has 10 recalls. The 1995 has the most complaints once its age is allowed for (3). The most reported problem area is the engine & cooling.
- Complaints
- 6
- Recalls
- 10
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 6
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
AN440 complaints by model year
Highlighted: the year with the most complaints for its age. Older vehicles have had more time to collect complaints - the Safety Index grade allows for that.
Most common AN440 problems
Neoplan AN440 recalls 10
On certain buses equipped with cummins electronic control modules on the c8.3G and l10g engines, the ecm does not have the ability to detect a throttle fail-safe engine shutdown command. This could result in an unanticipated, uncommanded open throttle...
Covers1997 Neoplan AN440
Vehicle description: transit buses equipped with arvinmeritor "w-series" air-actuated brake cam rollers. These rollers were installed as original equipment and also sold as replacement parts. The affected brake rollers may fracture if subjected to high...
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.
Vehicle description: transit buses. Failure of a soft seat check valve in wheelchair lifts provided by lift-u, may allow the front and rear platform barriers to return to a horizontal position from the vertical position they are supposed to be locked in.
Vehicle description: transit coaches equipped with cummins l-10 engines and nelson catalysts and sold to los angeles, california transit authority. The catalyst can experience high temperatures, which could be caused from unburned methane igniting inside...
The type 4 compressed natural gas (cng) fuel tank supplied by edo canada can rupture during fueling.
Covers1995 Neoplan AN440
These buses are equipped with compressed natural gas fuel tanks supplied by edo canada. The fuel cylinder straps expand when tanks are pressurized causing brackets to break the mounting hardware.
Covers1995 Neoplan AN440
The steering gear mounting plate can crack around the welds.
Some temperature sensitive triggers were not x-rayed. These triggers could contain internal voids that would make the triggers susceptible to advanced creep causing false activation and venting of the cng.
Latest AN440 complaints
Extreme exothermic reaction in exhaust catalyst generated suficient lacalized temperatures to ignite surrounding material, resulting in fire and damage to rear portion of transit bus.
Extreme exothermic reaction in exhaust catalyst generated sufficient localized temperatures to ignite surrounding material, resulting in fire and damage to rear portion of transit bus.
Extreme exothermic reaction in exhaust catalyst generated sufficient localized temperatures to ignite surrounding material, resulting in fire and damage to rear portion of transit bus.
Extreme exothermic reaction in exhaust catalyst generated sufficient localized temperature to ignite surrounding material, resulting in fire and damage to the rear portion of the transit bus.
Extreme exothermic reaction in exhaust catalyst generated sufficient localized temperatures to ignite surrounding material, resulting in fire and damage to rear portion of transit bus.
Extreme exotheric reaction in exhaust catalyst generated sufficient localized temperture to ignite surrounding material, resulting in fire and damage to rear portion of transit bus.
Questions about the Neoplan AN440
Which Neoplan AN440 years have the most problems?
What are the most common Neoplan AN440 problems?
Across every model year, owners report problems with the engine & cooling (6) most often.
How many recalls does the Neoplan AN440 have?
NHTSA lists 10 recalls across all Neoplan AN440 model years. Each year's page lists the recalls for that year; check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see whether the repair has been done.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data