# Service bulletin BS3871E

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10087163
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-12\-23
- Manufacturer's number: BS3871E
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-11\-30
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF BATTERY CABLE \(\+VE\) CHAFFING AGAINST SHARP BRACKET SUPPORTING THE GROUND CABLE.

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2015 NOVA BUS LFS
- 2015 to 2016 NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [FT4545R1](/bulletins/10159777.md), 2019-05-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Battery Cable Rubbing
- [FT4519](/bulletins/10159318.md), 2019-04-30, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. VBEA Reprogramming for Battery replacement due to low voltage
- [bs3871e](/bulletins/10109910.md), 2017-08-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES. There is a possibility of battery cable \(\+ve\) chaffing against sharp bracket supporting the ground cable.
- [BS3599ER1](/bulletins/10083949.md), 2016-11-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL. DISABLING BATTERY MANAGEMENT FEATURE MAY HINDER THE FUNCTIONALITY OF RADIATOR VENTILATION FANS THEREBY CAUSING ENGINE OVERHEAT CODES. ALSO LEADS TO BATTERY OVERCHARGING.

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