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Service bulletin sbw54070

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 id10154905
Published by NHTSA2019-03-18
Manufacturer's numbersbw54070
Manufacturer's date2018-12-21
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

Service Bulletin- Chassis ECU Programming

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

Vehicles listed
WESTERN STAR 47002002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
WESTERN STAR 59002004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20260912026-03-03. Electrical
20216972021-11-12. Electrical
21V8820002021-11-12. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
20211722021-03-24. Electrical
21V2060002021-03-24. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
20202172020-05-18. Electrical
20V2810002020-05-18. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
19V1710002019-03-05. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
18V1910002018-03-26. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
20174602017-09-22. Electrical

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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