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Nissan Altima 2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin NTB-12-081 · NHTSA communication 10046602 · issued Sep 27, 2012

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2013
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Nissan: see document search button for owner letter. Transmission control unit (tcm) needs to be reprogram on certain model vehicles to improve durability. Model 2013 altima. *pe

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.