{"nhtsa_id":10031012,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2009-12-30","date":"2009-06-01","document_id":"TP-09117","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"MERITOR (ARVINMERITOR): AXLE BREATHER INSPECTION GUIDELINES. MERITOR BREATHER A1199W4053. AXLE VENTILATION-AN AXLE MUST VENT AIR TO ACCOMMODATE CHANGES IN ITS OPERATING TEMPERATURE. A BREATHER IS DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE. WHEN FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY, THE BREATHER VENTS AIR INTO THE AXLE AND OUT OF THE AXLE. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10031012","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"ARVINMERITOR","model":"AXLE ASSEMBLY","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERITOR","model":"MERITOR","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}