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Nissan Altima 2013–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin NTB18-029 · NHTSA communication 10133208 · issued Mar 28, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2013–2018
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

2013-2018 ALTIMA; AFTERMARKET HEADLIGHTS SERVICE INFORMATION If a headlight housing assembly on an applied vehicle needs to be replaced for any reason, note the following: - Only Original Equipment (O.E.) components are warrantable though Nissan. - Aftermarket components are not warrantable through Nissan. - Confirm that it is a genuine Nissan part before submitting a Warranty Claim. - Genuine Nissan headlight housings, on an applied vehicle, will have "Nissan" and "NAL" markings on the housing. - See examples of an O.E. headlight housing assembly (Figure 1 on page 2) and aftermarket headlight

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.