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Nissan Sentra 2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin PM984 2021 Sentr · NHTSA communication 10199178 · issued Jun 17, 2021

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

Official summary

Audio Control Unit Reprogram Dealer Inventory *****Dealer Announcement***** Nissan is conducting a quality action to reprogram the Advanced In Vehicle Infotainment (AIVI) control unit with updated software on 6,519 specific model year 2021 Nissan Sentra vehicles. Due to a program logic concern, the audio system does not sleep after receiving a message to â Go to Sleepâ from the Body Control Module (BCM). As a result, the standby current becomes high causing the battery capacity to be gradually discharged, which may result in the customer unable to start the vehicle. Affected vehicles are subje

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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.