251030 Battery email
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A consumer notification indicating one of New Flyer's battery suppliers is exiting the market.
Vehicle report
2023 NEW FLYER XE35
Service bulletins
15 bulletinsTechnical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
TSIB 25-07
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
This Bulletin is being issued due to New Flyer & MCI have received reports that customers are re-torquing high-voltage (HV) connections during preventative maintenance inspections as outlined in the Preventive Maintenance section of the Service or Maintenance manual. This Bulletin reminds operators that the inspection procedure is visual only and does not require retorque unless the witness marks indicate the fasteners have loosened.
ITS61379
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instructions for a PLC update to prevent shifting to neutral when losing wheelchair ramp stowed status.
ITS61281
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instructions to adjust certain cantilever mounted seats and adjust them to proper height.
ITS61338
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instructions to Service for an update to the HV DC charge box contactors to replace the existing GIGAVAC with new RINCON contactor.
TSIB 25-04
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
This Technical Service Information Bulletin has been issued to remind customers that fill pressure must not exceed 25 psi to avoid injury or damage components during filling and deaeration of the ESS Battery Thermal Management System.
ITS61289
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instructions to update OVHD HV charge box contactors to replace the existing GIGAVAC ones with new RINCON contactors.
ITS61268
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service to update vehicles with ELFA 3 to provide improved BMS response to overcharging and other functional safety mechanisms, more robust detection of failure modes through DTCs, Battery Data Recorder (BDR) capabilities, and streamlined flashing processes.
ITS61249
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service for updating ESS drains, remove internal mechanism, re-install and add duckbill. Remove the ESS breather, extract the internal mechanism, remove the three desiccant bags and reinstall the breather. 5 string buses.
ITS61123
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service for updating the battery program on certain ELFA3 buses for Improved BMS response to overcharging and other functional safety mechanisms, more robust detection of failure modes through DTCs, improving Battery Data Recorder (BDR) capabilities, streamlined flashing processes, and logic improvements for better integration with application.
ITS61009
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instructions to Service for correcting the orientation of the negative contactor in the rear HV fuse box.
ITS60986
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service to rearrange connectors to avoid potential interference.
ITS60853
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service 60853 to rework a ground cable for the DC link distribution box.
ITS-60815
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instructions to Service to install upgraded ESS drain valves - 5 string system.
TSIB 22-08
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
New Flyer has issued Technical Service Information Bulletin (TSIB) 22-08, providing for the application of silicone paste onto overhead charging rails to inhibit water from collecting on the rails
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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.