# Service bulletin AR863

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: 10160874
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-06\-07
- Manufacturer's number: AR863
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-10\-30
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

AR863\-ARBOC 2016, 2017, 2018 SOL Shift Inhibit Add For Service Brake\-Complaint\-Customer can shift the transmission into drive or reverse without touching the service brake "brake pedal". Cause\-FCCC Chassis Design. Correction\-Electrical modifications and programming changes to provide a brake transmission shift interlock. Affects 2016, 2017 and 2018 Spirit of Liberty \(SOL\) buses. Will cover 1 hour labor.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10160874-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10160874-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Brakes, Electrical system

## Vehicles listed

- 2016 to 2018 ARBOC SPIRIT OF LIBERTY

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [20V335000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V335000.md), 2020-06-09: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
- [16V950000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V950000.md), 2016-12-23: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [AR875](/bulletins/10176735.md), 2020-06-25, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Complaint: 30A Recessed Breaker not secured with top \& bottom bolt through firewall Cause: Hole is cut too large Correction: R/R Circuit Breaker with a Mounting Plate
- [AR829](/bulletins/10084177.md), 2016-11-10, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE. COMPLAINT\-CUSTOMER DOES NOT WANT THE E\-BRAKE TO ACTIVATE WHEN THE ENTRY DOOR IS OPENED. CAUSE\-ENGINEER DESIGN. CORRECTION\-WITH RAMP DEPLOY OR KNEEL SWITCH ACTIVATION, INTERLOCK WILL APPLY E\-BRAKE WHICH ALLOWS USE OF THE DOOR WITHOUT A LOCKING MECHANISM. AFFECTS ONLY ARBOC SO\-2086, 2142, 2473, 2474, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2523, 2524, 2539, 2545, 2546, 2551, 2565, 2585, 2599, 2604, 2647, 2648, 2578, 2644, 2586, 2587.

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