# 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: 10109910
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-03
- Manufacturer's number: bs3871e
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-11\-30
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES

## NHTSA's summary

There is a possibility of battery cable \(\+ve\) chaffing against sharp bracket supporting the ground cable.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10109910-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10109910-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## 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/10087163.md), 2016-12-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. 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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