{"nhtsa_id":10240324,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-08-03","date":"2023-07-14","document_id":"23PBD","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"On certain Model Year 2022 and 2023, 579 MLU trucks, built between 04/26/2021 and 07/29/2022, equipped with a PACCAR MX-13 engine and PACCAR 160-amp alternator, the alternator positive cable may chafe against the left-hand side, front spring bracket, top rearward fastener, if the fastener was installed with the head on the outside of the frame rail. Chafing of the alternator positive cable insulation may result in an increased risk of a fire.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10240324-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10240324-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10240324","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"PETERBILT","model":"579","year_from":2022,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2022_peterbilt_579","2023_peterbilt_579"]}],"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":[]}