There have been 8 technical service bulletins issued for the 1997 Freightliner Century.
| Bulletin Date: | Mar. 1, 2001 |
| Component: | Steering hydraulic power assist hose, piping, and connections. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Field service campaign to modify certain vehicles, manufacutred between October 3, 1997 and August 18, 2000, that may develop small pin hole leaks in the power steering supply hose. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 Freightliner Century,
1998 Freightliner Century,
1999 Freightliner Century,
2000 Freightliner Century.
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| Bulletin Date: | Sep. 1, 1997 |
| Component: | Cooling system. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Informationregarding low coolant level indication. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 Freightliner Century.
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| Bulletin Date: | Apr. 1, 1997 |
| Component: | Wheel cap/cover/hub. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Some vehicles with ff-981 hub caps manufactured after the production improvements in November have been found with loose hub caps. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1996 Freightliner Century,
1997 Freightliner Century,
1996 Freightliner COE,
1997 Freightliner COE,
1996 Freightliner Conventional,
1997 Freightliner Conventional.
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| Bulletin Date: | Feb. 1, 1997 |
| Component: | Steering wheel and handle bar. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Some century class vehicles may make a popping or thumping noise during low speed/sharp-turn maneuvers- the noise may occur under these conditions because the slip spline of the steering intermediate shaft will stick, then slide producing |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 Freightliner Century.
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| Bulletin Date: | Jan. 1, 1997 |
| Component: | Cooling system radiator assembly. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Some vendor-supplied radiator surge tanks for century class vehicles have irregular surfaces between the filler neck and the cap, causing the caps to leak. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 Freightliner Century.
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| Bulletin Date: | Jan. 1, 1997 |
| Component: | Ignition module. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Troubleshooting the instrumentation control unit (icu) presents an overview of the icu systems and functions. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 Freightliner Century.
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| Bulletin Date: | Jan. 1, 1997 |
| Component: | Cooling exhaust system. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Top exhaust stacks on flb coes, fld conventionals, fll coes, and century class vehicles are installed at a 45-degree angle outboard rather than facing straight back- this configuration increases epa noise test emissions on certain vehicles |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 Freightliner Century.
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| Bulletin Date: | Jan. 1, 1997 |
| Component: | Unknown or other. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Reconfigure either the instrumentation control unit (icu) or the data logging unit (dlu)- always reconfigure the unit when it has been replaced. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 Freightliner Century.
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