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Nissan Kicks 2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin PM979 2021 Kicks · NHTSA communication 10191955 · issued Apr 23, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2021
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Telematics Reprogram Dealer Inventory *****Dealer Announcement***** Nissan is conducting a quality action to update the Telematics (Audio Control Unit) software on 418 specific model year 2021 Nissan Kicks (P15) due to a program logic concern. The telematics vehicle message features for Breakdown Call, Over the Air (OTA) and Remote Data Wipe may be inoperative. Affected vehicles are not subject to stop sale and are either currently in dealer inventory or assigned and in transit to the dealer. *****What Dealers Should Do***** PLEASE FOLLOW THE ATTACHED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Verify if vehi

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.