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.
CPI470375
C15/C18 engine applications are seeing some water pumps fail due to excessive coolant leaks from the weep hole in both machine and industrial engine applications. While occasional leaks from the weep hole are not uncommon and completely normal, excessive leaking has been found on some water pumps that failed.
TEBE896500
Product Link models PL121/321s will stop sending data after April 6th, 2019. Date codes will appear as if coming from the past so the customer interface (UI) will not recognize those back dated messages and no data will appear in the UI.
SEBD-9922-00
CATERPILLAR: INFORMATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF NEW LINER O RING SEAL THAT IMPROVES GEOMETRY FOR EASIER INSTALLATION IN CERTAIN ENGINES. MODELS C10, C11, C12, C13. NO YEARS LISTED. *PE
SEBD-6870
CATERPILLAR: THE POLICY OF RE-USING TURBOCHARGER TURBINE HOUSINGS, WITH CRACKS, IN VOLUTE OF HOUSING, HAS BEEN RE-ANNOUNCED AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOR INSTALLATION OF REMANUFACTURED TURBOCHARGERS. MODELS C-12, C-13, C-15, C-16. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
SEBD-9723-00
CATERPILLAR: ON CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ENGINES NEW WATER PUMPS ARE BEING USED. *PE
SL-PI-70310
CATERPILLAR: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR INSPECTING AND POSSIBLY REWORKING OR9749, OR9750, AND 148-2144 CYLINDER HEADS IN DEALER PARTS STOCK. SOME CYLINDER HEADS WERE ASSEMBLED WITH INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVES IN THE INCORRECT POSITION. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
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.