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.
Engine & cooling
Neoplan AN440 Engine problems by year
6 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Neoplan AN440's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
Latest AN440 engine 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.
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