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Nissan Titan 2020–2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin NTB20-042a · NHTSA communication 10186842 · issued Jan 27, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2020–2021
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

2020-2021 TITAN AND TITAN XD; AV CONTROL UNIT REPLACEMENT PROCESS IF YOU CONFIRM The AV control unit needs to be replaced on an APPLIED VEHICLE. ACTION IMPORTANT: The AV control unit for the Applied Vehicle is new, different from the previous model year, and requires a new procedure when replacing. If the following steps are not followed completely, all features will not work as intended. 1. Read and save the VIN 2. Read and save the configuration 3. Replace the AV control unit 4. Reprogram the AV control unit 5. Configure the AV control unit 6. Write the VIN to the AV control unit IMPORTANT:

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.