Arboc Spirit Of Independence, model years 2017 to 2026. Filed by ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 24 July 2026. 502 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC (ARBOC) is recalling certain 2017-2026 Spirit of Independence transit buses. The wrong size washers may have been installed on the rear spring hanger bolts.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V479 cover?
- Arboc Spirit Of Independence, model years 2017-2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC (ARBOC) is recalling certain 2017-2026 Spirit of Independence transit buses. The wrong size washers may have been installed on the rear spring hanger bolts.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The rear spring hanger may detach from the frame, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will install the correct washers, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 18, 2026. Owners may contact ARBOC customer service at 1-866-953-5555.
- 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: “The rear spring hanger may detach from the frame, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V479 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear:Springs:Leaf Spring Assembly:Hanger/Bracket |
| Reported to NHTSA | 24 July 2026 |
| Model years | 2017-2026 |
| Vehicles named | ARBOC SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE |
What the notice says today
The defect
ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC (ARBOC) is recalling certain 2017-2026 Spirit of Independence transit buses. The wrong size washers may have been installed on the rear spring hanger bolts.
The consequence
The rear spring hanger may detach from the frame, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will install the correct washers, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 18, 2026. Owners may contact ARBOC customer service at 1-866-953-5555.
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 cd271b2bb7adc8198474c1867f706c25…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 26V479, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v479/
The copy quoted above hashes to cd271b2bb7adc8198474c1867f706c25…. If the notice is reworded later, that fingerprint will not match, which is how a reader checks that the quotation was of the version we say it was.
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Arboc notices we hold
- 26V349: 2025 Spirit of Equess, 2026 Spirit of Freedom, Spirit of Independence, and Spirit of Mobility transit buses
- 26V137: 2018-2026 Spirit of Freedom and Spirit of Mobility transit buses
- 25V842: 2025 Spirit of Freedom transit buses
- 25V841: 2025 Spirit of Mobility and Spirit of Freedom transit buses
- 24V500: 2023-2024 Spirit of Freedom
- 21V187: 2018-2021 Spirit of Equess buses equipped with Cummins Westport Inc
- 21V174: 2021 Spirit of Freedom Ford E450
- 20V335: 2016-2020 Spirit of America and 2014-2019 Spirit of Liberty buses built on a Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) chassis
All 14 Arboc campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 26V479 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
68edae76 - Consequence
3c8636d5 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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