Fiat 500X 2015–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin R73 · NHTSA communication 10119608 · issued Aug 1, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Wheels
component
2015–2016
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Customer Satisfaction Notification R73 Wheel Stud Wrench The wheel stud wrench on about 11,700 of the above vehicles may break during use due to a non-compliant heat treatment process causing the material hardness to be out of specification. The wheel stud wrench must be replaced on the affected vehicles.
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.