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Freightliner Cascadia 1997–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB42-68 · NHTSA communication 10049539 · issued Dec 1, 2012

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes
component
1997–2013
model years
51
vehicle entries

Official summary

Freightliner: brake s-cam tube lubrication interval change. To ensure optimum service life and trouble-free operation, the recommended maintenance interval for lubricating meritor s-cam brake tubes on century class, columbia, cascadia and coronado over-the-road vehicles is changed from m2 to the m1 maintenance interval. *js

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.