# Service bulletin SB\-12\-016

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10116448
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-25
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-12\-016
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-02\-02
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE

## NHTSA's summary

Waltco has identified a potential defect with the check valve loacted inside the power unit valve body causing the platform to potentially open if not stored inside the travel locks. Trailers built between March 14, 2016 and September 19, 2016 spec'd with WDV series liftgates are potentially affected. Waltco is handling part replacement.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10116448-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10116448-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- WALTCO LIFT\-GATE ASSEMBLY

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10116448](/v1/bulletins/10116448)

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