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Service bulletin 12-027

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 id10127075
Published by NHTSA2018-01-16
Manufacturer's number12-027
Manufacturer's date2012-09-25
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

NHTSA's summary

12-027-DLR Detroit and Alliance like Batteries are now interchangeable

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, 12-volt battery

Vehicles listed
FCCC FCCC
FREIGHTLINER FREIGHTLINER
STERLING 3602007 to 2009
STERLING 75002005 to 2012
STERLING 85002005 to 2012
STERLING 95002006 to 2013
STERLING A-LINE2004 to 2012
STERLING ACTERRA2005 to 2012
STERLING BULLET2008 to 2009
STERLING CONDOR2001 to 2007
STERLING L-LINE2004 to 2010
STERLING LT85002008 to 2015
THOMAS THOMAS
WESTERN STAR 47002002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
WESTERN STAR 48002010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
WESTERN STAR 4900
WESTERN STAR 49002002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
WESTERN STAR 4900 SA2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
WESTERN STAR 4900EX2006, 2007 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
WESTERN STAR 57002002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
WESTERN STAR 59002004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
WESTERN STAR 6900
WESTERN STAR 69002002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
WESTERN STAR CONSTELLATION2009 to 2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
17V5880002017-09-21. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
12V2350002012-05-23. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
09V2260002009-06-18. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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