# Service bulletin LI4968ER1

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: 10182138
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-11\-04
- Manufacturer's number: LI4968ER1
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-10\-19
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT

## NHTSA's summary

Auxiliary heater Thermo 350 is discontinued. The Thermo Plus unit will replace the current unit only if the whole unit needs to be replaced. There is no need to retrofit any buses with the new Thermo Plus units. Replacement parts are available for the current Thermo/Thermo\-S units already installed.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10182138-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10182138-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC
- 2015 to 2018 NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [22V323000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V323000.md), 2022-05-11: EQUIPMENT; EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- [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.
- [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
- [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.
- [FT5055R1](/bulletins/10194809.md), 2021-06-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. Disconnect the power for the auxiliary heater. short term countermeasure
- [ft5090](/bulletins/10194787.md), 2021-06-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. Kidde fire suppression system tamper seal
- [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.
- [BS3538E](/bulletins/10194396.md), 2021-05-24, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. Wheelhouse kick\-plates Justify Wheelhouse kick\-plates may come loose.
- [BS3517ER1](/bulletins/10194395.md), 2021-05-24, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. Replacement of 24\-volt and HVAC cables in EGS Justify cable lugs may break.
- [BS3465ER1](/bulletins/10194393.md), 2021-05-24, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. Articulation ACU and solenoid Justify Articulation solenoid circuit may cause an error code in ACU.

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