Nissan Altima 2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin PC795 2021 Altim · NHTSA communication 10188338 · issued Feb 12, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2021
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Tie Rod End Socket Nuts Dealer Inventory *****Dealer Announcement***** Nissan is conducting a dealer inventory quality action on 955 specific model year 2021 Altima vehicles identified in Service Comm to re-torque the front driver and passenger outer socket tie rod end nuts. Due to a manufacturing issue that has since been resolved, the subject vehicles may have socket nuts that are not torqued to specification. Affected vehicles are subject to stop sale and are either currently in dealer inventory or assigned and in transit to the dealer. *****What Dealers Should Do***** PLEASE FOLLOW THE ATT
Vehicles covered
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.