BS-3186-E
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
NOVA BUS: ON SOME BUSES, THE RADIUS ROD BOLTS MAY BECOME LOOSE AND WOULD NEED TO BE CHECKED AT LEAST 180 LB-FT (240 N-M) OF TORQUE AND THEN RETORQUED 205LB-FT (275 N-M). *PE
Vehicle report
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.
BS-3186-E
NOVA BUS: ON SOME BUSES, THE RADIUS ROD BOLTS MAY BECOME LOOSE AND WOULD NEED TO BE CHECKED AT LEAST 180 LB-FT (240 N-M) OF TORQUE AND THEN RETORQUED 205LB-FT (275 N-M). *PE
BS-3102-E
NOVABUS: INFORMATION ON SOME BUSES REGARDING THE CRACKING OF HYDRAULIC TANK BUSHING AND REPLACEMENT WITH NEW BUSHING N66349. *PE
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.