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Service bulletin NTB-12-048

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10045659
Published by NHTSA2012-09-12
Manufacturer's numberNTB-12-048
Manufacturer's date2012-08-16
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

NISSAN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. ON CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES, THE REAR AXLE BEARINGS SHOULD BE GREASED TO PREVENT A POSSIBILITY OF CLICKING NOISES WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES. MODEL 2010-12 ARMADA. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
NISSAN ARMADA2010, 2011, 2012

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20101592010-05-26. Suspension
10V2080002010-05-14. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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