Nova Bus Nova Lfs Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 27 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 15 model years of the Nova Bus Nova Lfs (1998–2012).
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All Nova Bus Nova Lfs recalls (27)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Nova Bus Nova Lfs, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Door (structure)
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2010-2015 Nova LFS and 2013-2015 LFS Artic transit buses. The affected vehicles are equipped with an optical sensor for the passenger counter system whose location may result in a passenger's arm being pinched between the passenger counter housing and the door.
Remedy: Nova will notify owners, and dealers will install a longer protective cover over the passenger counter system and add a warning label, free of charge. The recall began on November 23, 2015. Owners may contact Nova…
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Air (parking brake)
Nova Bus is recalling certain model year 2001-2004 LFS buses manufactured January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2004. The affected vehicles have certain air hoses that may have been incorrectly connected to the R14 valve, causing a delay when applying the parking brake.
Remedy: Nova Bus is confirming that all buses were inspected and repaired. Nova Bus will notify the owner of any unremedied bus and dealers will correct the hose connection, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova Bus customer…
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Door (structure) and electrical system
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2006-2007 LFS transit buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2007. In the affected vehicles, the rear exit door controls may not function properly.
Remedy: Nova notified owners, and dealers corrected the exit door control programming, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova's number for this recall is CR1300.
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Exhaust system (engine and engine cooling)
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2007 LFS transit buses manufactured January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2007. In the affected vehicles, the band clamp on the flex pipe between the turbocharger and the diesel particulate filter may be incorrectly located allowing the exhaust pipe to leak hot exhaust gases onto nearby…
Remedy: Nova notified owners, and dealers correctly positioned the clamps on the affected vehicles, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova's number for this recall is CR1261.
Model years: 2007
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Antilock (service brakes)
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2007 LFS transit buses manufactured January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2007. Two wires in the antilock brake system (ABS) connector may be reversed, and the ABS may be disabled.
Remedy: Nova notified owners, and dealers inspected and corrected the position of the wires, as necessary, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova's number for this recall is CR1287.
Model years: 2007
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Cables (electrical system)
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2007-2009 LFS transit buses manufactured January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2009. A power feed cable in the battery compartment may have been incorrectly routed and clipped. As a result, the battery cable may prematurely wear and short to ground.
Remedy: Nova notified owners, and dealers inspected the buses and correctly routed the battery power feed cable, as necessary, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova's number for this…
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Glass, side/rear (visibility)
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2008 LFS transit buses manufactured January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008. Surrounding material may interfere with opening of the emergency exit windows, making them more difficult to open. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety…
Remedy: Nova has notified owners, and dealers removed any material that restricted the opening of the emergency exit, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova's number for this recall is…
Model years: 2008
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Electrical system
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2009 LFS transit buses manufactured January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009. The affected buses may have an incorrectly wired main power relay circuit, causing the circuit protection to be defeated.
Remedy: Nova notified owners, and dealers corrected the main power relay circuit wiring, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova's number for this recall is CR1366.
Model years: 2009
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Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (service brakes)
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2009 LFS transit buses manufactured January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009. In the affected buses, the brake hose fitting crimping ring may have been damaged and, as a result, the crimping ring may fail where the brake hose attaches to the air brake chamber.
Remedy: Nova has notified owners, and dealers inspected and replaced the damaged fittings, as necessary, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova's number for this recall is CR1430.
Model years: 2009
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Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (service brakes)
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2006 LFS transit buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2006. In the affected vehicles, the air lines for the rear brake system may have an incorrectly positioned retaining ring (ferrule).
Remedy: Nova has notified owners, and dealers have inspected the air lines and repositioned the ferrules, as necessary, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova's number for this recall…
Model years: 2006
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Axle shaft (power train)
Nova Bus (Nova) is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 LFS transit buses manufactured January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2010 with ZFAV132 rear axles. The affected vehicles may have been produced with rear axle half shafts that received an inadequate surface treatment which may result in axle shaft failure.
Remedy: Nova has notified the affected owners, and all affected buses have been reapired, free of charge. Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova's number for this recall is BS1555.
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Seats
Nova Bus is recalling certain model year 2012 LFS transit buses manufactured June 27, 2012, to October 15, 2012, and equipped with slim flip-up seats. In the affected vehicles, the anchor rivnut may not properly secure one end of the seat to the bus wall.
Remedy: Nova Bus will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the anchor rivnut, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began December 19, 2014. Owners may contact Nova Bus customer service at 1-800-350-6682.…
Model years: 2012
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Abs warning light (service brakes)
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…
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…
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Alternator/generator/regulator (electrical system)
Nova Bus is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 LFS transit buses manufactured June 2010 to June 2014. In the affected vehicles, the terminal on the postive alternator cable may fracture causing the cable to arc to other components.
Remedy: Nova Bus will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the terminal and replace it if it is damaged, free of charge. The recall began August 29, 2014. Owners may contact Nova Bus customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Nova…
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Electrical system
Nova Bus is recalling certain 2009-2012 model year LFS and LFS HEV transit buses equipped with Sure Power DC-DC converters containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka 'potting', compound. The specific potting compound used in the subject products for insulation was found to be capable of conducting electricity after being exposed to heat.
Remedy: Nova Bus will notify owners and dealers will inspect and replace the converters, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in January 2014. Owners may contact Nova Bus at 1-450-472-6410. Nova Bus's…
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Glass, side/rear (visibility)
Nova Bus is recalling certain model year 2010 LFS transit buses manufactured June 10, 2010, through November 11, 2010; and equipped with flush mounted windows and Ricon 3-Minute Urban Transit Bus egress window sets. The composition of the material used to cast the handles is incorrect resulting in embrittlement of the handle and a…
Remedy: Nova Bus will notify owners, and dealers will replace the egress handles free of charge. Ricon will supply the replacement handles. The recall began on December 10, 2012. Owners may contact Nova Bus at 1-877-999-8808.
Model years: 2010
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Service brakes
Nova Bus is recalling certain model year 2012 Nova LFS transit buses equipped with certain Bendix brake valves, treadle assemblies, and/or plunger kits.The brake valve plunger may fracture after brake application, resulting in reduced brake pedal angle and travel. This condition may limit the driver's ability to deliver full pressure…
Remedy: Nova Bus will notify owners and repair the vehicles that contain the brake valves, treadle assemblies, and plunger kits, free of charge. The safety recall began on August 7, 2012. Owners may contact Nova Bus at…
Model years: 2012
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Engine and engine cooling
Nova bus is recalling certain model year 2010 lfs buses manufactured from september 1, 2010, through december 31, 2010, equipped with a cummins isb, isx, isc or isl diesel engine. The v-band clamp assembly, part numbers q187684, q187685, and q187686, used to connect the inlet and outlet cone sections to the diesel oxidation catalyst…
Remedy: Nova bus is working with cummins to identify and notify owners of the recall campaign. Repairs will be performed by authorized cummins dealers free of charge. The safety recall began october 10, 2011. Owners may…
Model years: 2010
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Connection (steering)
Nova bus is recalling certain model year 2009 through 2011 lfs 40 ft and lfs 60 ft transit buses manufactured from march 31, 2009, through february 11, 2011. An insufficient torque was applied to the drag link attachment bolts during production. The drag link could become detached from the steering linkage, causing a loss of vehicle…
Remedy: Dealers will provide owners the correct documentation to verify the torque values for the drag link and to correct the drag link if necessary. At the customer's option, a dealer can perform the correct torque value…
Model years: 2009
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Wheel speed sensor/tone ring (service brakes)
Nova bus is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 transit buses equipped with atc (automatic traction control) system and v-bea multiplexing system manufactured from april 2, 2007 through june 30, 2010. The atc system may inadvertently activate whenever the parking brake or the brake interlock is applied, since the vehicle's multiplex…
Remedy: Dealers will reprogram the system and the engine's ECU free of charge. The safety recall began on july 22, 2010. Owners may contact nova bus at 450-472-6410.
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Engine and engine cooling
Nova bus is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 nova lfs 40 ft and model year 2010 nova lfs 60 ft t-drive transit buses manufactured from august 27, 2007 through november 11, 2010, equipped with cummins isl or isb engines. The bolts on the engine cradle were not torqued according to appropriate specifications.
Remedy: Nova bus will notify owners and repair the buses free of charge. The safety recall began on july 1, 2010. Owners may contact nova bus at 1-450-472-6410.
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Radiator assembly (engine and engine cooling)
Nova bus has notified NHTSA about a defect in certain model year 2007-2010 lfs buses equipped with modine roof mounted radiator. The wrong type of o-ring was installed at the locations by the radiator manufacturer, modine. The o-rings must be viton type o-rings.
Remedy: Dealers will install viton o-rings free of charge. The safety recall began on may 11, 2010. Owners may contact nova bus at 450-472-6410.
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Fuel pump (fuel system)
Nova bus is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 lfs 40 foot transit buses equipped with cummins engines. Improper fuel unit was installed.
Remedy: Nova bus is working with cummins and cummins is handling the remedy for this campaign. Owners may contact cummins at 1-800-343-7357.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Nova bus is recalling model year 2009 lfs buses equipped with q'straint max mobility device remote release belts used on american insight transverse flip up seats with build dates between october 2008 and october 2009. These devices are used to restrain passengers using mobility aid products. The mobility device restraint belts may not…
Remedy: Nova bus is working with american seating and will replace the q'straint max remote release belts with q'straint qrt deluxe remote release belts free of charge. American seating is handling the remedy for this…
Model years: 2009
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Interior lighting
Nova bus is recalling certain model year 2004 through 2009 lfs transit buses equipped with luminator horizon LED side destination signs. The connector board can corrode due to an accumulation of moisture under the connector.
Remedy: Nova bus will notify owners and luminator will repair the buses free of charge. Please see luminator's defect report 09e-054. The safety recall began on february 26, 2010. Owners may contact luminator at 1-972-516-3033…
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Diesel (engine and engine cooling)
Nova bus is recalling 19 my 2003-2006 lfs transit buses built with cummins isl engines which were equipped with cm850 fuel systems. The engine high pressure fuel lines from the engine high pressure pump to the engine fuel rail are prone to failure. Failure typically occurs at or under the fuel line fitting attachments.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the necessary fuel line fittings and brackets free of charge. The recall is expected to begin during april 2008. Owners may contact nova bus at 1-450-472-6410.
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Turbo/supercharger (engine and engine cooling)
On certain transit buses equipped with detroit diesel series 40 engines, the turbocharger compressor wheel and backplate can break allowing lubricating oil to spill onto the engine.
Remedy: Novabus in conjunction with detroit dieselwill inspect and replace the turbocharger, as necessary, to ensure that affected units have a boreless turbocharger compressor wheel and reinforced backplate and attachment…
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Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.