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Service bulletin APS4896E

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10176877
Published by NHTSA2020-07-02
Manufacturer's numberAPS4896E
Manufacturer's date2020-06-29
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STEERING

NHTSA's summary

Introduction of a new steering gearbox without the lubrication zerk.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Equipment and accessories, Steering

Vehicles listed
NOVA BUS LFS1997 to 1998
NOVA BUS LFS2004 to 2014
NOVA BUS LFS2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC2008 to 2014
NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC2015, 2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
24V6570002024-09-09. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT
22V8450002022-11-15. STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS
22V3230002022-05-11. EQUIPMENT; EXTERIOR LIGHTING
20215682021-08-31. Steering
20214002021-06-28. Steering
20V5680002020-09-21. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
20191722019-04-05. Accessories
16V4120002016-06-08. EQUIPMENT

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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