# Service bulletin FT5125R1

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: 10230916
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-02\-02
- Manufacturer's number: FT5125R1
- Manufacturer's date: 2023\-01\-24
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

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

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10230916-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10230916-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 to 2019 NOVA BUS LFS

## 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
- [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

## 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.
- [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
- [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
- [FT4944](/bulletins/10179144.md), 2020-09-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. bolts in the rear canopy \(under the radiator\) are getting loose. The Canopy grid can not fall off the bus due to locking pins .
- [FT4869](/bulletins/10178048.md), 2020-08-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; STRUCTURE. Coolant surge tank cover may rub on hose and clamps.
- [BS4864E](/bulletins/10177907.md), 2020-08-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:FLOOR SHIFT ASSEMBLY. Floor damage around the drive shaft access panel
- [FT4786](/bulletins/10176898.md), 2020-07-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Front facia fiberglass fracture
- [FT4644](/bulletins/10173779.md), 2020-04-13, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Body corner panel shows cracks

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