Vehicle report

2016 ARBOC SPIRIT OF LIBERTY

Compare every ARBOC SPIRIT OF LIBERTY yearNHTSA and EPA records

Service bulletins

6 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.

AR875

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Complaint: 30A Recessed Breaker not secured with top & bottom bolt through firewall Cause: Hole is cut too large Correction: R/R Circuit Breaker with a Mounting Plate

AR863

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

AR863-ARBOC 2016, 2017, 2018 SOL Shift Inhibit Add For Service Brake-Complaint-Customer can shift the transmission into drive or reverse without touching the service brake "brake pedal". Cause-FCCC Chassis Design. Correction-Electrical modifications and programming changes to provide a brake transmission shift interlock. Affects 2016, 2017 and 2018 Spirit of Liberty (SOL) buses. Will cover 1 hour labor.

AR862

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

AR862-Skid Plate Installation-Vehicles Affected-All Spirit of Liberty (SOL) units. Complaint-Skid plate not installed. Cause-Option not selected on Sales Order. Correction-Add skid plate, part # 1309080.

AR838

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

AR837-FCCC Front Suspension Increase-Complaint-Customer complaint about front end contact with road. Cause-Design. Correction-Add plate under front air springs and change ride height linkage to increase front air spring height. Affects buses 2599 and 2578 2853.

AR832

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Weight Assembly For 29' Liberty-Complaint-Unit porpoises and sways under driving conditions. Cause-Not enough weight in front of axle to balance weight distribution. Correction-Add weight per AR832 repair instruction. Affects one bus, SO# 2599.

AR829

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

COMPLAINT-CUSTOMER DOES NOT WANT THE E-BRAKE TO ACTIVATE WHEN THE ENTRY DOOR IS OPENED. CAUSE-ENGINEER DESIGN. CORRECTION-WITH RAMP DEPLOY OR KNEEL SWITCH ACTIVATION, INTERLOCK WILL APPLY E-BRAKE WHICH ALLOWS USE OF THE DOOR WITHOUT A LOCKING MECHANISM. AFFECTS ONLY ARBOC SO-2086, 2142, 2473, 2474, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2523, 2524, 2539, 2545, 2546, 2551, 2565, 2585, 2599, 2604, 2647, 2648, 2578, 2644, 2586, 2587.

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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.