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Nissan Altima 2002–2005technical service bulletin

Bulletin P5216 · NHTSA communication 10192629 · issued Aug 20, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2002–2005
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

To ensure customer satisfaction, Nissan extended the warranty for cracking of the rear sub-frame due to corrosion to a total of 13 years with unlimited mileage on all model year 2002-2005 Nissan Altima and 2004-2005 Nissan Maxima vehicles.

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.