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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 id10186599
Published by NHTSA2021-02-02
Manufacturer's numberTechTalk6504
Manufacturer's date2021-01-12
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

Tech Talk discussion on code spn 523525 fmi 14.

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 47002019

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
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

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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