{"nhtsa_id":10225494,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-11-02","date":"2022-10-27","document_id":"SBT49-008","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Thomas Built Buses Service Bulletin for DEF Connector Reinforcement Caps. Some customers experience separation of the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) lines from the connection ports in extreme cold temperatures. To prevent this, a process was developed to secure the lines with wire ties. A new reinforcement cap has been developed to simplify this process at the DEF connection fittings.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10225494-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10225494-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10225494","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"THOMAS BUILT BUSES","model":"SAF-T-LINER C2","year_from":2014,"year_to":2023,"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":[]}