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Service bulletins for the 2009 Freightliner Columbia

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.

415 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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SB42-682013-01-16. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES. FREIGHTLINER: BRAKE S-CAM TUBE LUBRICATION INTERVAL CHANGE. TO ENSURE OPTIMUM SERVICE LIFE AND TROUBLE-FREE OPERATION, THE RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE INTERVAL FOR LUBRICATING MERITOR S-CAM BRAKE TUBES ON CENTURY CLASS, COLUMBIA, CASCADIA AND CORONADO OVER-THE-ROAD VEHICLES IS CHANGED FROM M2 TO THE M1 MAINTENANCE INTERVAL. *JS
SF-447A2012-02-29. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT. DAIMLER TRUCK (FREIGHTLINER): ON RIGHT HAND STEERING ASSIST RAM, WHEN SUSPENSION IS EXTENDED, FULLY, IT MAY CONTACT FRONT SPRING HANGER CASTING, WHICH MAY FRACTURE RAM BALL STUD. WILL REPLACE RIGHT HAND FRONT SPRING HANGER. *PE
RC-FL-609A2012-02-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY. DAIMLER TRUCKS: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. ON CERTAIN TRUCKS, A DEFECT REGARDING THE RUBBER ISOLATOR, WITH A BOLT ATTACHMENT, THE SUPPORT BRACKET MAY LOOSEN AND BACK OUT, CAUSING SHORT CIRCUIT BETWEEN CHASSIS AND UN FUSED STARTED CABLE. *PE
GI-46-412011-10-12. Service bulletin. STEERING:COLUMN. FREIGHTLINER: ADJUSTING THE CORRECT TILT LOCK FORCE ON TRW STEERING COLUMNS. *PE UPDATED 7/18/12. *PE
SB-72-372011-08-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS. FREIGHTLINER LLC: THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES MAY SHOW SIGNS OF BINDING AFTER TIME. *RM
SB-54-2602011-08-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. FREIGHTLINER: INFORMATION ON REPLACING THE MEGA FUSE JUNCTION BLOCK WITH A SERVICE VERSION POWER NET DISTRIBUTION BOX. *RM UPDATED 7/3/14. *PE
SB-54-2052011-08-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL. FREIGHTLINER: SOMETIMES THE IDLE INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO START THE VEHICLE DUE TO A SENSITIVE VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR. *RM
SB-46-512011-08-05. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL. FREIGHTLINER: THERE IS A PROCEDURE TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PUMP. *RM
SB-35-262011-08-05. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. FREIGHTLINER: INFORMATION ON LUBRICATING THE WHEEL BEARINGS OF THE REAR DRIVE AXLES. *RM
SB-35-252011-08-05. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY. FREIGHTLINER: PROCEDURE OF REMOVING A LOWER PINION COVER IN THE REAR AXLES AND HOW TO RESEAL IT. *RM
SB-49-282011-06-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. DAIMLER TRUCKS: THERE ARE NEW CGI BELLOWS, BECAUSE THE OLD ONES ARE PRONE TO FATIGUE AND MAY FAIL. *RM UPDATED 4/24/12. *PE
SB-46-482010-07-21. Service bulletin. STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION). FREIGHTLINER: TRW TAS85 STEERING GEAR INTERNAL LEAKAGE TEST. SOME TRW TAS85 STEERING GEARS HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERNAL RELIEF VALVE. THESE STEERING GEARS ARE TYPICALLY INSTALLED WITH POWER STEERING PUMPS THAT HAVE A PRESSURE RELIEF RATING GREATER THAN 2175 PSI (150 BAR). THE INTERNAL RELIEF VALVE LIMITS MAXIMUM SUPPLY PRESSURE TO PROTECT THE STEERING GEAR. MODELS FLD CONVENTIONAL, CENTURY CLASS CONVENTIONAL, COLUMBIA, CORONADO, BUSINESS CLASS M2 AND CASCADIA. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
SB-46-472010-01-13. Service bulletin. STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY; STEERING:RACK AND PINION. FREIGHTLINER TRUCK: INNER TIE ROD INSPECTION AND REPAIR, RACK AND PINION GEAR. INCREASED LENGTH OF THE DRIVER SIDE INNER TIE ROD (IF THE INNER TIE ROD UNTHREADS FROM THE RACK) MAY CAUSE ABNORMAL STEER TIRE WEAR DUE TO HIGH TOE IN OR AN INABILITY TO MAINTAIN CORRECT TOE IN ADJUSTMENT. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
FSC-411A2009-12-10. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. FREIGHTLINER SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA FRONT AIR BRAKE HOSES-AIR PRODUCTS INC. ONLY. ON CERTAIN TRUCKS, AN ELBOW FITTING CONNECTING THE BRAKE AIR LINE HOSE TO THE FRONT BRAKE CHAMBERS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. CSC LETTER WAS REC'D. *PE
TSB-54-2372009-07-08. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL. FREIGHTLINER: A NEW BULB SOCKET IS AVAILABLE FOR TURN/PARK LIGHTS THAT IS METALIZED TO WITHSTAND HIGH HEAT WITHOUT OUT GASSING. MODEL YEARS UNKNOWN. MODELS COLUMBIA, BUSINESS CLASS M2 AND CASCADIA. *PE UPDATED ON 6/14/2011. *KB

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.