# Service bulletin FSB\-54\-271

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: 10044666
- Published by NHTSA: 2012\-07\-19
- Manufacturer's number: FSB\-54\-271
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-06\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

FREIGHTLINER: BATTERY BOXES, 8A31 AGM, IN SLEEPER CABS, ARE FAILING TO START WITH LOSS OF ELECTROLYTE ACCELERATING, DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES UNDER CAB. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*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

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA
- 2012 FREIGHTLINER CENTURY CLASS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [54\-274](/bulletins/10142271.md), 2018-06-25, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. 54\-274 \- Plastic Battery Box Cover Retainer Clip
- [54\-275](/bulletins/10140959.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. 54\-275 \- Chassis\-Mounted Trailer PDM, Battery Power Cable Terminal Corrosion
- [sb54271](/bulletins/10140914.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. sb54271 Early Failure of 8A31 AGM Primary Batteries
- [15\-016](/bulletins/10129660.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. 15\-016\-DLR New Essential Tool For CPWA, CPPRA, Ltd CPPRA, \& DSDWC Parties: Cadex CA\-12 Battery Tester
- [305\-15](/bulletins/10129628.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. 305\-15 EPA10 Diesel Oxidation Catalyst Inlet Pressure Sensor

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