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A bus manufacturer that issued a recall affecting 80 TTC buses last month still hasn’t formally notified the TTC of the problem, the TTC says.

Montreal-based Nova Bus informed Transport Canada of bus defects in July after discovering faulty wiring in buses could cause engine fires. The recall affects the TTC’s entire articulated bus fleet, around 80 vehicles.

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“It’s a very, very small part of our fleet but an important one, our newest one,” said TTC spokesman Brad Ross.

Mr. Ross said he learned of the recall Thursday when a reporter contacted him. TTC bus maintenance staff then contacted Nova and the company confirmed TTC buses were included in the recall.

TTC maintenance staff inspected the articulated buses Thursday night and found “no trouble,” said Mr. Ross.

“This recall is really precautionary,” he said. “We would never put any vehicles – bus, streetcar, subway train, wheel trans bus – on the street if we did not have 100% confidence in safety. We are risk averse but this is extremely low risk.”