{"nhtsa_id":10020271,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2006-08-22","date":"2006-07-01","document_id":"203","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SURGE TANK FAILURE. THE FAILURE MAY APPEAR AS ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS AROUND THE PRESSURE CAP FITTING OR THE TANK SEAMS. AMERICAN LAFRANCE. EAGLE AND METROPOLITIAN VEHICLES BUILT FROM MARCH 1997 THROUGH OCTOBER 1, 2002.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10020271","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"cooling-system","name":"Cooling system","parent":"engine"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AMERICAN LAFRANCE","model":"EAGLE","year_from":1997,"year_to":2004,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_american-lafrance_eagle","1998_american-lafrance_eagle","1999_american-lafrance_eagle","2000_american-lafrance_eagle","2001_american-lafrance_eagle","2002_american-lafrance_eagle","2003_american-lafrance_eagle","2004_american-lafrance_eagle"]},{"make":"AMERICAN LAFRANCE","model":"METROPOLITAN","year_from":1997,"year_to":2004,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_american-lafrance_metropolitan","1998_american-lafrance_metropolitan","1999_american-lafrance_metropolitan","2000_american-lafrance_metropolitan","2001_american-lafrance_metropolitan","2002_american-lafrance_metropolitan","2003_american-lafrance_metropolitan","2004_american-lafrance_metropolitan"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}