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Service bulletin SB-88-38

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10030524
Published by NHTSA2009-10-14
Manufacturer's numberSB-88-38
Manufacturer's date2009-07-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD; STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

NHTSA's summary

FREIGHTLINER: THE TILT BUSHINGS ARE URETHANE AND PIVOT WITHIN AN ALUMINUM HOUSING. TRUCKS PRODUCED ON OR AFTER 2/17/08-07/1/08 SHOULD HAVE THIS PIVOT LUBRICATED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE SEIZING AND DAMAGE TO THE HOOD ASSEMBLY. *PE

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA2008

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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