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Nissan Altima 2009technical service bulletin

Bulletin MAILQ · NHTSA communication 10192142 · issued Mar 15, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2009
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Nissan has decided in the interest of customer satisfaction, to extend the warranty for the Electronic Steering Column Lock unit on all 2009 Altima and Maxima vehicles.

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.