Nissan Altima 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin PC502 - 2017 Alt · NHTSA communication 10109139 · issued Oct 26, 2016
Technical service bulletin
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2017
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Official summary
Front Member Welds - Quality Assurance Hold ***** Detailed Information ***** Nissan is placing a temporary Quality Assurance (QA) Hold on approximately 880 specific MY2017 Altima (L33) and 296 specific MY2017 Maxima (A36) vehicles. Some of these vehicles were originally placed on hold on October 14, 2016 and subsequently released for sale on October 21, 2016. After further engineering and design review, Nissan has decided to reverse this decision and place these vehicles on hold again. Nissan is continuing to study the issue and expects to have further direction by the end of November 2016. Th
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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.