Service bulletin NTB16-071

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10091131
Published by NHTSA	2017-02-09
Manufacturer's number	NTB16-071
Manufacturer's date	2016-07-27
NHTSA component	STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

NHTSA's summary

"2004-2014 ARMADA; POWER BACK DOOR INOPERATIVE AND BOLT ON POWER BACK DOOR OPENER LOOSE IF YOU CONFIRM -THE POWER BACK DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE WHEN USING ANY POWER OPEN/CLOSE SWITCH. AND -THE LINKAGE FOR POWER BACK DOOR HAS A LOOSE OR MISSING HEX BOLT (FIGURE 1). ACTION 1. REPLACE THE BOLT SHOWN IN FIGURE 1 WITH A NEW BOLT FROM THE PARTS INFORMATION. -DO NOT REUSE THE OLD BOLT. -CLEAN THE THREADS IN THE LINKAGE BEFORE INSTALLING THE NEW BOLT. -INSTALL THE NEW BOLT AND TORQUE TO 7 N•M (0.7 KG-M, 62 IN-LB.). NOTE: REFER TO THE ELECTRONIC SERVICE MANUAL (ESM), SECTION DLK – DOOR & LOCK TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE POWER BACK DOOR LINKAGE BOLT."

The document

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Components

Body and frame, Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

Vehicles listed
NISSAN ARMADA	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
12V143000	2012-04-04. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
08V284000	2008-06-27. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

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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