# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10176877
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-07\-02
- Manufacturer's number: APS4896E
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-06\-29
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STEERING

## NHTSA's summary

Introduction of a new steering gearbox without the lubrication zerk.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176877-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176877-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Equipment and accessories, Steering

## Vehicles listed

- 1997 to 1998 NOVA BUS LFS
- 2004 to 2014 NOVA BUS LFS
- 2015 to 2019 NOVA BUS LFS
- 2008 to 2014 NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC
- 2015 to 2017 NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC
- 2019 NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [24V657000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V657000.md), 2024-09-09: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT
- [22V845000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V845000.md), 2022-11-15: STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- [22V323000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V323000.md), 2022-05-11: EQUIPMENT; EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- [2021568](/recalls/tc/2021568.md), 2021-08-31: Steering
- [2021400](/recalls/tc/2021400.md), 2021-06-28: Steering
- [20V568000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V568000.md), 2020-09-21: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
- [2019172](/recalls/tc/2019172.md), 2019-04-05: Accessories
- [16V412000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V412000.md), 2016-06-08: EQUIPMENT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [FT5463](/bulletins/10242846.md), 2023-09-26, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY; EQUIPMENT. Failure of camera bracket will cause the camera to swing while bus is in motion.
- [BS5357E](/bulletins/10233270.md), 2023-04-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. Lexan panels cracking at mounting holes. Need to change the attachment of Lexan panels due to apparent cracks.
- [BS5356E](/bulletins/10233269.md), 2023-04-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. Lexan panels cracking at mounting holes. Need to change the attachment of Lexan panels due to apparent cracks.
- [LI5315E](/bulletins/10224817.md), 2022-10-27, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. On the Thermo King HVAC roof unit, after replacing the actuator N8897109, some customers could see the error code 36.
- [BS5300E](/bulletins/10222267.md), 2022-10-03, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. HVAC deflectors are breaking at the folded attachment points. The brackets broke right at the bending due to a sharp curve
- [BS5299E](/bulletins/10222266.md), 2022-10-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. HVAC deflectors are breaking at the folded attachment points. The brackets broke right at the bending due to a sharp curve
- [BS4757E](/bulletins/10210976.md), 2022-05-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR. Replace the 50 PSI interlock pressure regulator for a 65 PSI interlock pressure regulator
- [LI5228E](/bulletins/10210964.md), 2022-05-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. DEF tank Head Unit GEN4 N8900882 is no longer available in service, it is replace by the new DEF tank Head Unit GEN5 N8910051
- [BS5210ER1](/bulletins/10209688.md), 2022-04-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. Horn may fail due to the low internal high heat resistance.
- [FT5068R2](/bulletins/10205860.md), 2022-01-03, Service bulletin: STEERING. Hydraulic Tank Rubber Mount Bushing Failures

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