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2023 NEW FLYER XE60
Service bulletins
17 bulletinsTechnical 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.
TSIB 25-07
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
This Bulletin is being issued due to New Flyer & MCI have received reports that customers are re-torquing high-voltage (HV) connections during preventative maintenance inspections as outlined in the Preventive Maintenance section of the Service or Maintenance manual. This Bulletin reminds operators that the inspection procedure is visual only and does not require retorque unless the witness marks indicate the fasteners have loosened.
TSIB 25-04
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
This Technical Service Information Bulletin has been issued to remind customers that fill pressure must not exceed 25 psi to avoid injury or damage components during filling and deaeration of the ESS Battery Thermal Management System.
ITS61289
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instructions to update OVHD HV charge box contactors to replace the existing GIGAVAC ones with new RINCON contactors.
ITS61251
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service to retrofit duckbill drains to the ESS units & modify breathers. (7 String Bus)
ITS61268
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service to update vehicles with ELFA 3 to provide improved BMS response to overcharging and other functional safety mechanisms, more robust detection of failure modes through DTCs, Battery Data Recorder (BDR) capabilities, and streamlined flashing processes.
ITS61250
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service for updating ESS drains, remove internal mechanism, re-install and add duckbill. Remove the ESS breather, extract the internal mechanism, remove the three desiccant bags and reinstall the breather. 6 string buses.
ITS61123
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service for updating the battery program on certain ELFA3 buses for Improved BMS response to overcharging and other functional safety mechanisms, more robust detection of failure modes through DTCs, improving Battery Data Recorder (BDR) capabilities, streamlined flashing processes, and logic improvements for better integration with application.
ITS61032
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service for replacing incorrect hardware on "Infotainment" monitors with shorter hardware.
ITS61009
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instructions to Service for correcting the orientation of the negative contactor in the rear HV fuse box.
ITS60969
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service for proper correction of lower radius rod mounting hole location if found incorrect per ITS60966.
ITS60966
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service for proper inspection/verification of lower radius rod mounting hole location.
ITS60888
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service ITS60888 to improve sealing in the S/S HV charge box.
ITS60853
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service 60853 to rework a ground cable for the DC link distribution box.
ITS-60816
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instruction to Service to install enhanced ESS drain valves - 6 string system.
ITS60641
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Instructions and PNs to install an improved Battery Thermal Management System fill decal.
ITS60598
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Some standard grade electric buses have experienced nuisance tripping of the motor inverter fuse. This ITS provides instructions to upgrade the fuse
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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.