# Service bulletin FT4944

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: 10179144
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-09\-01
- Manufacturer's number: FT4944
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-08\-21
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

bolts in the rear canopy \(under the radiator\) are getting loose. The Canopy grid can not fall off the bus due to locking pins .

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10179144-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10179144-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 to 2019 NOVA BUS LFS
- 2016 to 2018 NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2026228](/recalls/tc/2026228.md), 2026-05-12: Structure
- [26V300000](/recalls/nhtsa/26V300000.md), 2026-05-12: VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR; STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DOOR
- [2026006](/recalls/tc/2026006.md), 2026-01-13: Structure
- [2025080](/recalls/tc/2025080.md), 2025-02-17: Structure
- [24V033000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V033000.md), 2024-01-19: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; VISIBILITY
- [2020271](/recalls/tc/2020271.md), 2020-06-17: Structure
- [20V354000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V354000.md), 2020-06-15: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
- [2017240](/recalls/tc/2017240.md), 2017-05-03: Structure

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [BS5467E](/bulletins/10244198.md), 2023-10-17, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. Potential presence of a gap may cause frame crack. Only to perform during a frame crack repair process near front bolt of joint \#2.
- [FT5125R1](/bulletins/10230916.md), 2023-02-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Due to the lack of bonding surface between the two large roof top panels, when thermal expansion and contraction occur these panels separate and leave an opening
- [LI5024ER1](/bulletins/10227151.md), 2022-12-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Under certain conditions, the rear wheelhouse structure section may be affected by a structural stress and crack near the radius rod of the anchor point.
- [BS3554ER3](/bulletins/10194397.md), 2021-05-24, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; EQUIPMENT; SUSPENSION. Auxiliary heater intake bracket Justify Auxiliary heater intake pipe mounting bracket might no be able to withstand the vibration induced by the bus frame.
- [FT5041](/bulletins/10189644.md), 2021-04-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE. Overhead Display Screen Weld Crack and Hardware Loose
- [FT5046](/bulletins/10189642.md), 2021-04-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Overhead Display Screen Weld Crack and Hardware Loose
- [LI5024E](/bulletins/10188147.md), 2021-03-04, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. Under certain conditions, the rear wheelhouse structure section may be affected by a structural stress and crack near the radius rod of the anchor point.
- [LI4940ER1](/bulletins/10185036.md), 2021-01-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. Water Intrusion in Rear Interior Electrical Compartment. From the exterior of the bus, it appears there is a gap between seal and the bus body.
- [FT4950](/bulletins/10182146.md), 2020-11-04, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ENGINE. Engine door hinge becoming loose
- [BS3667ER2](/bulletins/10180584.md), 2020-10-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Vertical beam might crack above front door, second post capping. Weld stiffening plates.

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10179144](/v1/bulletins/10179144)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20Service%20bulletin%20FT4944&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Fbulletins%2F10179144&vehicle=Service%20bulletin%20FT4944)