# Service bulletins for the 2016 ARBOC Spirit of Liberty

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.

6 bulletins from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

- [AR875](/bulletins/10176735.md), 2020-06-25, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Complaint: 30A Recessed Breaker not secured with top \& bottom bolt through firewall Cause: Hole is cut too large Correction: R/R Circuit Breaker with a Mounting Plate
- [AR863](/bulletins/10160874.md), 2019-06-07, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AR863\-ARBOC 2016, 2017, 2018 SOL Shift Inhibit Add For Service Brake\-Complaint\-Customer can shift the transmission into drive or reverse without touching the service brake "brake pedal". Cause\-FCCC Chassis Design. Correction\-Electrical modifications and programming changes to provide a brake transmission shift interlock. Affects 2016, 2017 and 2018 Spirit of Liberty \(SOL\) buses. Will cover 1 hour labor.
- [AR862](/bulletins/10148853.md), 2018-11-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC \(ASC\). AR862\-Skid Plate Installation\-Vehicles Affected\-All Spirit of Liberty \(SOL\) units. Complaint\-Skid plate not installed. Cause\-Option not selected on Sales Order. Correction\-Add skid plate, part \# 1309080.
- [AR838](/bulletins/10115842.md), 2017-08-25, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. AR837\-FCCC Front Suspension Increase\-Complaint\-Customer complaint about front end contact with road. Cause\-Design. Correction\-Add plate under front air springs and change ride height linkage to increase front air spring height. Affects buses 2599 and 2578 2853.
- [AR832](/bulletins/10110857.md), 2017-08-10, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Weight Assembly For 29' Liberty\-Complaint\-Unit porpoises and sways under driving conditions. Cause\-Not enough weight in front of axle to balance weight distribution. Correction\-Add weight per AR832 repair instruction. Affects one bus, SO\# 2599.
- [AR829](/bulletins/10084177.md), 2016-11-10, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE. COMPLAINT\-CUSTOMER DOES NOT WANT THE E\-BRAKE TO ACTIVATE WHEN THE ENTRY DOOR IS OPENED. CAUSE\-ENGINEER DESIGN. CORRECTION\-WITH RAMP DEPLOY OR KNEEL SWITCH ACTIVATION, INTERLOCK WILL APPLY E\-BRAKE WHICH ALLOWS USE OF THE DOOR WITHOUT A LOCKING MECHANISM. AFFECTS ONLY ARBOC SO\-2086, 2142, 2473, 2474, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2523, 2524, 2539, 2545, 2546, 2551, 2565, 2585, 2599, 2604, 2647, 2648, 2578, 2644, 2586, 2587.

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