Nova Bus Lfs. Published by Transport Canada as 1998071 on 8 April 1998. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Note: low-floor buses equipped with shure-power industries model 52107 voltage equalizers. a short circuit could occur in an internal component of the voltage equalizer which may induce melting of the 24 volt input post. this could in turn cause a 24 volt battery cable to touch the vehicle structure and overheat to …
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Nova Bus LFS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Nova Bus LFS is named on 51 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998071
- Recall date
- 8 April 1998
- Make
- Nova Bus
- Models
- LFS
- Model years
- 1996 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Bus
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 271
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: LOW-FLOOR BUSES EQUIPPED WITH SHURE-POWER INDUSTRIES MODEL 52107 VOLTAGE EQUALIZERS. A SHORT CIRCUIT COULD OCCUR IN AN INTERNAL COMPONENT OF THE VOLTAGE EQUALIZER WHICH MAY INDUCE MELTING OF THE 24 VOLT INPUT POST. THIS COULD IN TURN CAUSE A 24 VOLT BATTERY CABLE TO TOUCH THE VEHICLE STRUCTURE AND OVERHEAT TO THE POINT OF IGNITING A FIRE IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT. CORRECTION: A PROTECTION MODULE WILL BE INSTALLED DIRECTLY ON THE 12 AND 24 VOLT INPUT POSTS OF THE VOLTAGE EQUALIZER.
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Nova Bus elsewhere in this register
Nova Bus is named on 131 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1998070 · 8 April 1998 · LFS · Fuel System
- 1998072 · 8 April 1998 · LFS · Structure
- 2001071 · 30 March 2001 · LFS · Structure
- 2001172 · 11 May 2001 · C288, C283, C267 · Brakes
- 1994032 · 14 February 1994 · Bus · Steering
- 2006182 · 20 July 2006 · LFS · Heater And Defroster
- 2007066 · 8 March 2007 · LFS · Engine
- 2007067 · 8 March 2007 · RTS · Engine
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998101 · 20 May 1998 · Beetle · Electrical
- 1998025 · 16 February 1998 · Diablo Roadster · Electrical
- 1998116 · 5 June 1998 · 9300, 9800, 9200 · Electrical
- 1998023 · 10 February 1998 · Cavalier, Sunfire, Achieva · Electrical
- 1998020 · 2 February 1998 · Durango · Electrical
- 1998015 · 27 January 1998 · LS 400, SC 400 · Electrical
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Nova Bus LFS, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Nova Bus: 131 in the register, and 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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