{"nhtsa_id":616467,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-02-27","date":"2000-11-01","document_id":"3232","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:REAR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS BULLETIN STATES THAT FRAME RAIL CRACKS HAVE APPEARED ON SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HENDRICKSON HAS SINGLE-AXLE SUSPENSIONS. A PREVENTIVE MEASURE IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE VEHICLES THAT HAVE NOT YET SUSTAINED FRAME RAIL DAMAGE. THE REMEDY IS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING BACKING PLATE WITH TWO HEAVY-DUTY BACKING PLATES INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME RAIL. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616467","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FREIGHTLINER","model":"BUSINESS CLASS","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":[]}