Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
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SURGE TANK FAILURE. THE FAILURE MAY APPEAR AS ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS AROUND THE PRESSURE CAP FITTING OR THE TANK SEAMS. AMERICAN LAFRANCE. EAGLE AND METROPOLITIAN VEHICLES BUILT FROM MARCH 1997 THROUGH OCTOBER 1, 2002.
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ONE OR BOTH OF THE TILT CYLINDERS ON SOME AMERICAN LAFRANCE EAGLES AND METROPOLITANS MAY LOCK WHEN THE CAB IS BEING LOWERED. *TT THIS VERSION REPLACES PREVIOUS VERSION DATED NOVEMBER 2004. *TT THIS BULLETIN REPLACES PREVIOUS VERSION DATED MAY 2004. *TT
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.