Nova Bus: Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Abs Warning Light
Nova Bus reported this defect to federal regulators on Jun 30, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 796. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Nova Bus is recalling certain model year 2004 and 2006-2013 LFS transit buses. Due to a programming error in the vehicle control unit, the ABS malfunction light may not illuminate if the ABS control unit loses power. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 121, "Air Brake Systems."
The risk
If the ABS malfunction light does not illuminate if the ABS control unit loses power, the driver would not be aware that the ABS is not functional and that the brakes may unexpectedly lock up under certain conditions when the brakes are applied, increasing the risk of crash.
The remedy
Nova Bus will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the instrument cluster, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in late August 2014. Owners may contact Nova Bus customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova Bus' number for this recall is CR3200.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Nova Bus LFS | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Nova Bus Nova LFS | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Nova Bus Nova LFS | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Nova Bus Nova LFS | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Nova Bus Nova LFS | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Nova Bus Nova LFS | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Nova Bus Nova LFS | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Nova Bus Nova LFS | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 Nova Bus Nova LFS | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V380000.
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