Mobile Bus & Shuttle Repair

About this service

Buses fail in ways trucks do not. The mechanical side is familiar — air brakes, diesel engines, suspension, drivelines — but a bus also has doors that must cycle thousands of times, wheelchair lifts and ramps, passenger HVAC, interior and emergency lighting, destination signs and a body full of electrical systems that a truck never carries.

That combination makes buses awkward to repair in a general shop, and awkward to move when they break. Mobile bus repair comes to the depot, the lot or the breakdown site, and works on the systems a bus actually has — from the air and brake systems through to the passenger-side equipment.

What mobile bus repair involves

Air systems and brakes

Compressors, dryers, valves, chambers and slack adjusters, plus the door and suspension air circuits that share the same supply. On a bus, an air fault often shows up as a door that will not close rather than a brake complaint.

Doors, ramps and lifts

Door operators, air and electric door controls, interlock faults, wheelchair lift and ramp hydraulics and controls, and the safety interlocks that keep a bus legally out of service when they fail.

Diesel engine and drivetrain

Staring and charging faults, power loss, cooling system problems, injector and fuel faults, aftertreatment issues, transmission complaints and driveline noise.

Electrical and lighting

Interior and exterior lighting, emergency exits and their alarm circuits, destination signs, battery and charging systems, multiplex wiring faults and the corrosion that afflicts a fleet that is washed every single day.

HVAC and passenger comfort

Passenger and driver heating and air conditioning faults, blower and control issues and the refrigerant problems that make a bus unusable in summer.

Suspension, steering and tyres

Air suspension and kneeling-system faults, steering wander and play, tyre and wheel-end condition, and the alignment-related wear a heavy, frequently-turning vehicle develops.

Common problems we are called for

If any of the following sounds familiar, call dispatch and describe it — it helps us send the right technician and the right parts on the first trip.

• Bus will not build or hold air pressure
• Door slow, sticking, or failing to close properly
• Wheelchair lift or ramp not operating
• Emergency exit alarm or interlock fault
• No start, or battery drain overnight
• Power loss, smoke or derate
• Passenger A/C or heating not working
• Air suspension dropped or leaning to one side
• Interior or destination lighting failure
• Transmission shifting or driveline noise

How Allday Fleet Solutions helps

Bus operators run to published timetables, and a bus out of service is a route that does not run. Mobile service keeps the repair at the depot, on your schedule, so vehicles come back into service with the minimum disruption to the timetable.

We are comfortable working on both halves of the vehicle — the air, brake, engine and drivetrain side, and the passenger-side equipment, doors, lifts and electrical systems that make a bus different from a truck.

Safety-critical passenger systems get treated accordingly. If a door interlock, a lift or an emergency exit system has failed, we will tell you clearly what condition the vehicle is in and what it takes to bring it back to serviceable.

Where this applies

We handle mobile bus repair across the commercial vehicle types below and more. If your unit is not listed, call anyway — the list is not exhaustive.

• Transit buses
• School buses
• Shuttle and cutaway buses
• Motorcoaches
• Airport and hotel shuttles
• Charter and tour coaches
• Paratransit vehicles
• Activity and team buses

What you get

• Repairs at the depot, so routes keep running
• Air, brake, engine and passenger systems in one place
• Wheelchair lift and door work by technicians who understand the interlock logic
• Electrical fault tracing on multiplexed bus wiring
• Scheduled maintenance between timetables
• Clear statement of vehicle condition on safety items