# Service bulletin SF481\-D

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: 10142080
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-06\-18
- Manufacturer's number: SF481\-D
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

SF481\-DLR Western Star 4700 Exhaust Drain Holes

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10142080-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10142080-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Engine, Exhaust and emissions

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 to 2013 WESTERN STAR 4700

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [12V074000](/recalls/nhtsa/12V074000.md), 2012-02-28: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [16TS\-08REV](/bulletins/10190555.md), 2021-04-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Detroit Technical Service Letter for DD13 Cylinder Head and Cylinder Head Gasket Change.
- [WI21\-009](/bulletins/10190551.md), 2021-04-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Warranty Information letter announcing that DTNA is increasing the Standard Diagnostic Times \(SDTs\) shown. The updated after treatment system \(ATS\) diesel exhaust fluid \(DEF\) pump times will be applied to repair orders opened on or after April 12, 2021.
- [D21M2](/bulletins/10187892.md), 2021-03-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. DDC Field Service Campaign for GHG14 DETROIT DD13 with One\-Box Aftertreatment Software Reprogramming. Certain Detroit Model Year 2013 to 2015 GHG14 DD13 engines that are registered in California will require reprogramming to a minimum of the MCM software version and fuel map version listed below: MCM Software Version 4.7.0.0 ZGS 005.
- [TechTalk7679](/bulletins/10180382.md), 2020-10-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Tech Talk discussion on repair verification for codes like 'low air flow' when a trailer is not available.
- [20CSA\-15](/bulletins/10179249.md), 2020-09-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT. Customer Service Announcement for Release of DiagnosticLink 8.12 Service Pack 2. On Thursday, September 3, 2020, Service Pack \(SP\) 2 for DiagnosticLink 8.12 Standard and Professional will be made available to download from the Detroit Diesel server.
- [20TS\-05](/bulletins/10177692.md), 2020-07-31, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Technical Service Letter for EPA10, GHG14, GHG17 Diesel Particulate Filter \(DPF\) Compatibility. Note: This document supersedes 14 TS\-25 and 15 TS\-8. Detroit Diesel has determined that some, Diesel Particulate Filters \(DPFs\) are compatible in pairs and or can be mixed together within EPA10 and GHG14 Systems. For 1\-BOX and Two\-Box Configuration Aftertreatment Systems \(ATS\), this is only possible when the filters are used in accordance with Tables 1 and 2 shown below. All other DPFs, NOT mentioned below, are NOT compatible.
- [TS1033014](/bulletins/10177608.md), 2020-07-31, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Training Solutions for Fuel Leak Found at High Pressure Fuel Pump Weep Hole for Heavy Duty DD Engines. Occasionally we see trucks come in with fuel leaking from the high pressure fuel pump weep hole. This is NOT a defect in the pump and further diagnostics need to be performed to find the root cause.
- [D20M1](/bulletins/10174068.md), 2020-04-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Updated DDC Field Service Campaign for GHG14 DETROIT DD13 with Two\-Box Aftertreatment Software Reprogramming. Certain Detroit Model Year 2013 to 2015 GHG14 DD13 engines that are registered in California will require reprogramming to a minimum of the MCM software version and fuel map version listed below: MCM Software Version 4.7.0.0 ZGS 005. Certain sections have been updated for clarity.
- [WI20\-004](/bulletins/10173907.md), 2020-04-23, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Warranty Information Letter for Warranty Long Block Program Change. The Detroit Reman Long Block Program has expanded. The expansion reduces complexity in ordering reman engines and promotes stocking reman engines to meet uptime commitments.
- [20TS\-01](/bulletins/10170603.md), 2020-01-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Technical Service Letter for DDC Series 60 engines concerning Series 60 Cylinder Head Resurfacing/Finish. Detroit Diesel does not recommend third party resurfacing of Series 60 cylinder heads \(outside of Detroit and Detroit Reman\).

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