# Service bulletin 02\-187

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: 10245643
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-12\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 02\-187
- Manufacturer's date: 2023\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

Certain T680 Next Gen medium\-length hoods may develop cracks at the hood strut attachment area. A repair kit and procedure are available to reinforce this area to prevent further damage and avoid hood replacement.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10245643-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10245643-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2024 KENWORTH T680

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02\-206](/bulletins/11037622.md), 2026-10-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Certain T680 Next Gen short hood chassis may be missing a bolt in the forward fairing.
- [04\-024](/bulletins/11000748.md), 2024-06-04, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Campaign Certain T680 Next Gen fairings may have a loose or missing bushing that allows the rear partial fairing to rattle during operation. Parts and procedures are available to replace the pin on the fairing \(both sides\) with a bolt/spacer combination to reduce fairing rattle.

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