Service bulletin SSM41438

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.

NHTSA's summary

"ISSUE: MISDIAGNOSIS OF MINOR FLUID LEAKS FROM THE STABILIZER BAR. ACTION: IN ORDER TO CORRECTLY DIAGNOSE THE LEAK PATH ON A STABILIZER BAR, CLEAN THE SUSPECTED AREA THOROUGHLY AND CONFIRM IF THE LEAK IS FROM THE PIPE O-RINGS, THE STABILIZER BAR HYDRAULIC SEAL OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. IF FOUND TO BE FROM THE PIPE O-RINGS (SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT), THESE ARE SERVICEABLE PARTS AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. IF THE LEAK IS FOUND TO BE FROM THE HYDRAULIC SEAL, THIS IS NOT A SERVICEABLE PART AND A NEW STABILIZER BAR WILL BE REQUIRED."

The document

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Components

Suspension

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

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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