Campaign 26V-077

Passenger seat mounting rails may crack, causing the seat to detach and fall to the floor

Defect summary

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.

Consequence

A seat that falls unexpectedly increases the risk of injury to passengers in or near to the seat.

Remedy

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 December 4, 2026.

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file, campaign 26V077000. Text as published by NHTSA.

Vehicles covered

2 product lines are covered

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA about seats on these vehicles: 0, of which 0 involved a crash, fire, injury or death. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.

Vehicles covered by campaign 26V-077
Make	Model	Model years	Complaints on this component
Nova BUS	LFS	2013 to 2019	0
Nova BUS	LFS Artic	2019 to 2020	0

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls and complaints files. Equipment, tire and child-seat campaigns list products, not vehicles.

Investigation

No NHTSA investigation is linked to this recall

Most recalls are started by the manufacturer. This one lists "Manufacturer" as its origin.

Before the recall

No service bulletins on this component preceded the recall

Distinct manufacturer communications on the same component group, make, model and model year in the 24 months before the report date.

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications file.

Service bulletins

23V-714 Oct 25, 2023
Attachment hardware may have been incorrectly installed beneath the rear wheel well passenger seats, allowing the seat to detach from the frame
19V-511 Jul 2, 2019
Hardware used to attach the cantilever seats to the side rail may have been improperly tightened
16V-191 Apr 5, 2016
Affected seats have J-Brackets that may be missing welds which could allow the seat belt anchorage assembly to separate from the J-Bracket
14V-769 Dec 3, 2014
In the affected vehicles, the anchor rivnut may not properly secure one end of the seat to the bus wall
96V-178-005 Jan 9, 1997
Vehicle description: buses equipped with isringhausen seats in the driver position