Motiv F-59 School Bus, model year 2020. Filed by Motiv Power Systems and reported to NHTSA on 21 April 2025. 3 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Motiv Power Systems, Inc. (Motiv) is recalling certain 2020 F-59 school buses equipped with a Motiv Gen 5 EPIC powertrain. A support bracket may fatigue and break, allowing the main power disconnect to contact other structures and short.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25V262 cover?
- Motiv F-59 School Bus, model year 2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Motiv Power Systems, Inc. (Motiv) is recalling certain 2020 F-59 school buses equipped with a Motiv Gen 5 EPIC powertrain. A support bracket may fatigue and break, allowing the main power disconnect to contact other structures and short.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An electrical short can shut down the high voltage system, resulting in a loss of drive power and increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Motiv field support technicians will replace the bracket, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 9, 2025. Owners may contact Motiv customer service at 1-650-458-4804.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An electrical short can shut down the high voltage system, resulting in a loss of drive power and increasing the risk of a crash.”
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in the notice
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| Campaign | 25V262 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Motiv Power Systems |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Propulsion System:Fuses, Relays, Contacts, And Shunts |
| Reported to NHTSA | 21 April 2025 |
| Model years | 2020-2020 |
| Vehicles named | MOTIV F-59 SCHOOL BUS |
What the notice says today
The defect
Motiv Power Systems, Inc. (Motiv) is recalling certain 2020 F-59 school buses equipped with a Motiv Gen 5 EPIC powertrain. A support bracket may fatigue and break, allowing the main power disconnect to contact other structures and short.
The consequence
An electrical short can shut down the high voltage system, resulting in a loss of drive power and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Motiv field support technicians will replace the bracket, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 9, 2025. Owners may contact Motiv customer service at 1-650-458-4804.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to d48d0125f54380b92e599e9e82b4cd0b…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 25V262, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v262/
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The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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Other Motiv notices we hold
- 25V456: 2021-2024 F-59
- 25V261: 2019-2022 F-53 and F-59
- 25V138: 2017-2020 E-450 and F-59 school buses with Gen 4 EPIC powertrain, and 2020-2023 E-450, F-59, and F-53 school buses with a Gen 5 EPIC powertrain
- 25V137: 2017-2020 E-450 and F-59
- 24V782: 2021-2024 E-450
- 24V781: 2021-2024 E-450 school buses equipped with a Motiv Gen 4 EPIC powertrain
- 24V699: 2017-2020 F-59 school buses equipped with a Motiv Gen 4 EPIC and 2020-2023 F-59 school buses equipped with a Motiv Gen 5 EPIC powertrain
- 24V698: 2017-2020 E-450 and F-59
All 13 Motiv campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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