Service bulletins for the 2020 Freightliner 108SD
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.
193 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 20CSA-09 | 2020-07-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Customer Service Announcement for DiagnosticLink Software Update Reminder. Due to various software changes and fixes, vehicles will require DiagnosticLink 8.12 to perform functional programming. Failure to use this version may cause errors, incomplete programming, and poor vehicle performance. Because of this, all DiagnosticLink 8.09 installed versions will be disabled as of Thursday, July 23, 2020. |
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| 20OEM-04 | 2020-06-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. OEM and distributor announcement for Running Change to ACM Software for MY2020. There is an upcoming running change (RC1) for ACM software that will be installed when OEMs or distributors program with DiagnosticLink. The hardware part number for the ACM module will remain the same (A 000 446 97 54). OEMs are instructed to continue ordering the same ACM hardware part number. |
| 20CSA-08 | 2020-06-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Customer Service Announcement for Release of DiagnosticLink 8.12. On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, DiagnosticLink 8.12 will be made available for download from the ordering system. Current subscribers of DiagnosticLink 8.xx can upgrade to DiagnosticLink 8.12 at no cost. All DTNA service shops are required to maintain the latest version of software on each of their stations. |
| WI20-009 | 2020-06-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Warranty Information Letter for a Warranty Service Replacement Engine Program Clarification. Detroit established the Warranty Service Replacement Engine Program to support an unrepairable catastrophic engine failure due to manufacturing defect. To improve understanding and utilization of the program, DTNA is clarifying eligibility and engine returns. |
| WI20-004 | 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. |
| SIB0201-20 | 2020-03-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Information Bulletin for Cylinder Block Porosity Repair for DD5 and DD8 egnines. Use this procedure to repair oil leaks caused by cylinder block porosity. The low oil pressure, cast areas of the cylinder block can be repaired using this method. J-B Weld is the recommended two-part epoxy for this repair. |
| 20CSA-04 | 2020-03-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT. Customer Service Announcement saying that Service Pack (SP) 3 for DiagnosticLink® 8.11 Standard and Professional will be available for download from the Detroit Diesel server. |
| 20TS-02 | 2020-03-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Technical Service Letter for DD Platform Heavy Duty, Metal in the Oil and Oil Filter. Some engine component failures can cause metallic debris to circulate throughout the engine lubrication system. Although the oil filter will capture most of this debris, some debris may enter the clean side of the lubrication system during oil filter bypass. Detroit has created a lubrication system cleaning and flushing procedure to address this problem. |
| 20CSA-02 | 2020-02-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Customer Service Announcement reminding service locations to update their DiagnosticLink software. To maintain access to the Detroit server, all DiagnosticLink computers must be updated with the current version of DiagnosticLink software. all DiagnosticLink 8.08 installed versions will be disabled as of Tuesday, January 28, 2020. |
| 20CSA-01 | 2020-02-01. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Customer Service Announcement for a policy change regarding Detroit Service Information Bulletins (SIBs) will now have a 60-day expiration, starting on the release day of the bulletin. The intent of a SIB is to notify the service network of a major change to one or more service procedures. Do not save SIBs nor reference them for repairs, as they are uncontrolled and never updated. |
| WI19-022 | 2020-01-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Warranty Information Letter announcing Detroit NOx Sensor Circuit Improvements for GHG17 After Treatment Systems |
| SB20-087 | 2019-12-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Bulletin for M2 Surge Tank Shunt Line Clamp Replacement. On some vehicles, the shunt line coolant hose is disconnecting from the surge tank and replacing the constant tension clamp with a Breeze® brand clamp resolves the issue. |
| 19TS-4REV | 2019-10-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Technical Service Letter Revision on heavy duty coolant oil module and oil filter change. Older modules will not be compatible with newer module. |
| 19CSA-16 | 2019-10-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Customer Service Announcement that eParts is being retired and that PartsPro should be used instead for Detroit Engine Parts Information. |
| 09-037 | 2019-09-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Bulletin for Air Cleaner Modifications for Dusty Environments |
| 19CSA-13 | 2019-09-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Systems Development provided document to service locations on price list reflects current charges to engine horsepower ratings for HDEP and MDEG engine platforms. |
| 19TS-GHG17 DD13 | 2019-09-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Document sent out by Service Systems Development to fix issue related to DD13 engines built between June 5 and July 22, 2019 starting with ESN 471928S0697276,have some incorrect values set which can cause the fan to lock on at all times. |
| 0609-19 | 2019-08-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL. Service Information Bulletin for Symptom Diagnostics - Fluid in the Aftertreatment - Diesel Fuel Contamination. |
| 0308-19 PTO | 2019-08-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Information Bulletin regarding PTO Dosing. This feature enables Active Regeneration of the DPFs while in PTO mode. |
| 0305-19 SPN 2000 | 2019-08-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Information Bulletin for Communication Loss with a Common Powertrain Controller (CPC) Module (CPC Heartbeat Message is no Longer Arriving) |
| 0607-19 | 2019-08-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Information Bulletin to updated the Fuel Injector Harness sections and relocated to Engine Electrical section. |
| SPN 3563 / FMI 2 | 2019-08-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT. HDEP GHG17 engines are not equipped with turbo wastegates. Steps in this troubleshooting involving wastegates were removed. |
| 19TS-6 | 2019-08-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL. The modified parked regeneration strategy has been standard on GHG17 units since the start of GHG17 production and was added to EPA10 and GHG14 units with a software update. The modified regeneration utilizes an improved strategy to clean the DOC inlet face and reduce downtime due to DOC face plugging. |
| 0419-19SPN521030 | 2019-08-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Updates to troubleshooting guides in Diagnostic Link with newest version |
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