Recall · 26V077000
Nova Bus (US) recalled 2 models over seats
478
Vehicles covered
2
Models
9
Model years
February 10, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS
- The defect
- Nova Bus (US) Inc. (Nova Bus) is recalling certain 2013-2019 LFS and 2019-2020 LFS Artic transit buses equipped with Double Transversal seats. The passenger seat mounting rails may crack, causing the seat to detach and fall to the floor.
- What it can cause
- A seat that falls unexpectedly increases the risk of injury to passengers in or near to the seat.
- What the dealer does
- Nova Bus will replace the attachment brackets, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters explaining the safety risk were mailed by April 10, 2026. Owners will receive another notice once remedy becomes available. Owners may contact Nova Bus customer service at 1-450-472-6410. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning September 25, 2026.
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 | 2013 to 2019 | Not published here |
| Nova BusLFS Artic | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 478 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 50% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2013 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 13 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Nova Bus vehicles have been recalled over the seats 4 times before this, most recently in October 2023 as 23V714000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 26 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V355000 (service brakes, air), 26V300000 (structure), 26V182000 (seat belts), 25V696000 (visibility).
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 10, 2026 as campaign 26V077000. 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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