SEATS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
A detached passenger seat may inadequately restrain a passenger during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
10 safety recall campaigns, 2 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory.
2 campaigns covering the 2018 NOVA BUS LFS ARTIC carry 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.
A detached passenger seat may inadequately restrain a passenger during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
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 seat belt that does not retract properly may result in a loose seat belt, which can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
A brake chamber air leak may cause the brakes to engage unexpectedly, which can overheat the brakes and increase the risk of a fire. Additionally, unexpected braking can increase the risk of a crash.
An incorrect DOT code mark may result in the window being replaced with an incorrect type of glass, reducing visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
Two 2018 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.