Cadillac CTS 2004 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 04043 · NHTSA communication 10013052 · issued Aug 18, 2004
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2004
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Washers that are used along with nuts to attach the lower control arm were made of the wrong steel mateiral. These washers may fracture and become loose or fall away from the vehicle making it possible for the control arm to separate. Product safety recall 04043. Gm administrative message. *tt
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.