Vehicle report

2019 ARBOC SPIRIT OF EQUESS

Service bulletins

4 bulletins

Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.

AR882

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Complaint: Compressor mounting brackets are breaking. Cause: Design. Correction: Add gusset to compressor mounting bracket.

AR874

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Complaint: CUTR did not approve brake hose routing with P-Clamp Cause: CUT Inspection Correction: Remove/Discard P-clamp and replace with L-Bracket Standoff and Hellermann Clamp

AR871

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Complaint: Wiper mechanism allows over‐travel. 2/12/2020 "DOCUMENT UNCONTROLLED IF PRINTED" PROCESS NAME PAGE REVISION STATION BY DATE SOE‐Wiper Mechanism Securement 1 of 2 ‐ SER‐E B. Fisher Cause: Not securing linkage ends per supplier. Correction: Due to failing linkage, arms on the wiper assembly for one piece windshields, it has been determined that the mechanism needs to be secured at the outer mounting position to allow the motor to flex and move. Two screws need to be installed at the outer position on both sides. They will be through secured to the cap and a cover will be placed over the screws and under the clamping nut.

AR869

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

AR869-Spirit of Equess Gearbox Removal and Replacement. Complaint-Driveline gearbox failure. Cause-Component failure. Correction-Removal and replacement of driveline gearbox. Affects 2018/2019 Spirit of Equess (SOE) buses.

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.