STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS
Missing fasteners may cause a of a loss of steering, increasing the risk of a crash.
15 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory.
1 campaign covering the 2020 NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Missing fasteners may cause a of a loss of steering, increasing the risk of a crash.
A low brake air pressure warning light that fails to illuminate when the engine is off will not alert the driver to a low brake pressure condition, increasing the risk of a crash if the parking brake is disengaged before starting the engine.
A missing DOT code mark may result in the door being replaced with the incorrect type of plastic, reducing visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
Failure of the tension-reliving device may prevent the seat belt from properly restraining the driver, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
A seat that falls unexpectedly increases the risk of injury to passengers in or near to the seat.
A seat belt that does not retract properly may result in a loose seat belt, which can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
Two 2020 NOVA BUS LFS ARTICs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.