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Service bulletin SB-72-37

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 id10039648
Published by NHTSA2011-08-08
Manufacturer's numberSB-72-37
Manufacturer's date2011-01-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

NHTSA's summary

FREIGHTLINER LLC: THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES MAY SHOW SIGNS OF BINDING AFTER TIME. *RM

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 CENTURY CLASS2008 to 2010
FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
FREIGHTLINER CORONADO2008, 2009, 2010

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

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