# Service bulletin 838

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10010046
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-11\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 838
- Manufacturer's date: 2004\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

## NHTSA's summary

THE UV DYE LEAK DETECTION METHOD DETECTS MOST LEAKS BUT A LEAK ON THE FRONT SEAL OF THE COMPRESSOR MUST BE VERIFIED USING A HEATED DIODE LEAK DETECTOR. VISIBLE DYE ON THE FRONT OF THE COMPRESSOR CLUTCH DOES NOT VERIFY THAT THERE IS A FRONT SEAL LEAK. STERLING A\-LINE, L\-LINE, CARGO, ACTERRA AND CONDOR. \*NM

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- UNKNOWN UNKNOWN

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10010046](/v1/bulletins/10010046)

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