Recall 02V148000: Nova bus incorporated

Report received

May 30, 2002

Manufacturer

Nova bus incorporated

Potentially affected

2,561vehicles

Model years

—

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

Certain transit buses with an option for deceleration lights do not meet all the requirements of fmvss no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." the deceleration lights are located on the rear center of the bus, above the rear engine door. They are provided as a means of alerting vehicles traveling behind the bus that it is slowing down and may be preparing to stop. Also, the driver activated, flashing hoodlum lights, is to alert the public/police to a dangerous situation occurring in the bus for which the driver requires assistance. Two of these lights are located on the front of the bus at each end of the destination sign and two at the rear of the bus below the level of the roof marker lights. They flash in an alternating pattern from side to side. The standard requires that these lamps shall be wired to be steady burning.

Possible consequence

This does not meet the requirements of the standard.

Remedy

Dealers will retrofit these buses. Owner notification began september 19, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact novabus at 1-505-347-2011.