Nissan Leaf 2011–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin NTB17-077 · NHTSA communication 10119231 · issued Jul 13, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2015
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN 2011-2015 LEAF; 2G TELEMATICS HARDWARE DEACTIVATION INTRODUCTION Nissan is conducting a Voluntary Service Campaign (in the U.S. ONLY) on certain specific 2011-2015 LEAF vehicles equipped with 2G Telematics Hardware to disable the 2G Telematics Control Unit (TCU). The 2G cellular service is no longer active in the United States and the subject TCUs are no longer connected to telematics services (Nissan Connect EVTM) and no longer perform any function in the affected vehicles. This campaign is being performed out of abundance of caution to help prevent potential cybers
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.