# Service bulletin SB1278

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: 10110140
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-03
- Manufacturer's number: SB1278
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-05\-04
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT; STEERING; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

Field Change Program: To replace pivot bearing of hydraulic steering cylinder and greasing recommendations Van Hool is informed about seizing of the hydraulic cylinder pivot bearing of the trailing axle steering. To address this issue, the customers of the affected vehicles must replace the pivot bearing of the hydraulic cylinder by a new one, remove the factory installed plug and install a grease nipple for routine greasing. Starting with VIN42767 Van Hool has factory equipped the hydraulic cylinder with a grease nipple for routine greasing. The pivot bearing of the hydraulic cylinder should be lubricated every 12 500 miles. To address this issue, Van Hool is conducting a field change program.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10110140-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10110140-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Equipment and accessories, Steering, Power steering

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2014 VAN HOOL TD925

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10110140](/v1/bulletins/10110140)

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