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Dodge Nitro 2010–2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin 23-008-13 · NHTSA communication 10128960 · issued Feb 22, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2010–2012
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Left And/Or Right Door High Closing Effort This bulletin involves inspecting front door body mounted seal placement and if necessary, adjusting seals and/or left and/or right front door striker to eliminate high closing effort. The customer may experience high closing efforts on the left and/or right front doors when closing.

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.