NOW AVAILABLE: NHTSA Recalls Regarding Certain Gillig and Nova Bus Transit Vehicles

The Federal Transit Administration sent this bulletin at 04/28/2025 12:30 PM EDT

NOW AVAILABLE: NHTSA Recalls Regarding Certain Gillig and Nova Bus Transit Vehicles

FTA is alerting transit agencies that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued two recall notifications regarding certain Gillig, LLC (Gillig) 2023-2024 Low Floor and 2022-2023 Nova Bus Low Floor Series (LFS) transit buses. The hardware for high voltage batteries poses a risk of a short circuit leading to fire.

The recalls affect approximately:

15 Gillig Low Floor vehicles across multiple agencies

Four Nova Bus LFS vehicles across two agencies

Gillig and Nova Bus will replace the batteries, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed April 30, 2025 by Gillig, and May 27, 2025 by Nova Bus. Owners may contact Gillig customer service at 1-800-735-1500 and Nova Bus customer service at 1-800-350-6682.

For more information, owners may also contact the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153) or go to nhtsa.gov.

Links:
Gillig Recall
Nova Bus Recall
NHTSA Website

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