Honda Pilot 2009–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin DOR-M9Y6F-06 · NHTSA communication 10141638 · issued Apr 6, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2009–2014
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
These 2 SKUs are Front Left/Front Right lower control arms. The Customer communication requested return of unsold inventory to inspect for ball stud nuts with undersized flanges. Stud nuts with undersized flanges may cause the control arm ball stud to slip through the knuckle mount causing loss of vehicle control. The Control Arms have been recalled under NHTSA campaign number 18E037.
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.