Nova Bus (US) Inc.: Seat Belts › Front
Nova Bus (US) Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 24, 2026 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 416. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Nova Bus (US) Inc. (Nova Bus) is recalling certain 2016-2018, 2020, 2022-2023 LFS and 2019-2020 LFS Artic transit buses. The driver's seat belt tension-reliving device may fail to disengage without manual intervention. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
The risk
Failure of the tension-reliving device may prevent the seat belt from properly restraining the driver, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
The remedy
Nova Bus will remove the seat belt tension-reliving device, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 22, 2026. Owners may contact Nova Bus customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova Bus' number for this recall is CR5873. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning May 23, 2026.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Nova Bus LFS | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Nova Bus LFS | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Nova Bus LFS | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Nova Bus LFS Artic | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Nova Bus LFS Artic | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Nova Bus LFS | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Nova Bus LFS | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Nova Bus LFS | 0 | 17 | 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 26V182000.
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