Recall · 25V101000
Nova Bus (US) recalled the NOVA BUS LFS over structure
2
Vehicles covered
1
Model
4
Model years
February 17, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT
- The defect
- Nova Bus (US) Inc. (Nova Bus) is recalling certain 2006-2007 LFS transit buses. The buses may have been built with an incorrect number of emergency exits. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 217, "Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release."
- What it can cause
- An insufficient number of emergency exits can prevent or delay passengers from exiting during an emergency, increasing their risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Nova Bus will replace some windows with emergency exit windows, free of charge. This is a Phased campaign. Phase 1 will include 1 bus. Nova Bus will notify owners on or about 12/12/2025. Phase 2 will include 1 bus. Nova Bus will notify owners on or about 2/16/2026. Owner notification letters were mailed December 12, 2025. Owners may contact Nova Bus customer service at 866-870-2046. Nova Bus's number for this recall is CR5691.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Nova BusLFS | 2005 to 2008 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2 vehicles this is a small campaign: 98% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2005 to 2008, so the oldest vehicles on it were 20 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Nova Bus vehicles have been recalled over the structure 5 times before this, most recently in November 2023 as 23V781000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 26V355000 (service brakes, air), 21V151000 (exterior lighting).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Nova Bus (US) Inc. with NHTSA on February 17, 2025 as campaign 25V101000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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