# Service bulletin FRT497

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: 45926
- Published by NHTSA: 1996\-04\-25
- Manufacturer's number: FRT497
- Manufacturer's date: 1995\-08\-01
- Replaces: 9503
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE

## NHTSA's summary

MEDIUM TRUCKS WITH CAB\-MOUNTED EXHAUST STACK MAY EXPERIENCE THE EXHAUST STACK ATTACHMENTS BREAKING OUT OF THE B\-PILLAR SKIN. IF THE B\-PILLAR IS CRACKED, REMOVE AND REPLACE IT WITH A NEW B\-PILLAR. MODIFY THE INSTALLATION TO A 4\-POINT ATTACHMENT INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT 2 POINT VERSION. \*SD

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Engine, Exhaust and emissions, Exhaust manifold, pipes and muffler

## Vehicles listed

- FREIGHTLINER FREIGHTLINER

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/45926](/v1/bulletins/45926)

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