# NHTSA recall 23V540000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 23V540000
- Manufacturer's number: CR5461
- Manufacturer: Nova Bus \(US\) Inc.
- Reported: 2023\-08\-02
- Owners notified: 2023\-09\-05
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
- Units potentially affected: 13
- Part numbers: 24264513, 23962990

## What is wrong

Nova Bus \(US\) Inc. \(Nova\) is recalling certain 2022\-2023 LFS battery electric transit buses.  The rivnut threaded inserts inside the high\-voltage battery may be over\-tightened and break, which could result in a short circuit.


## What can happen

An electrical short circuit increases the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Nova Bus will replace the batteries, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed September 5, 2023.  Owners may contact Nova customer service at 1\-800\-350\-6682.  Nova's number for this recall is CR5461.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 8, for 2025 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 13
- Reported remedied: 13 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2022 NOVA BUS LFS](/makes/novabus/lfs/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 NOVA BUS LFS](/makes/novabus/lfs/2023/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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