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Service bulletin SMT-SB 437 1 Nov

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 id10122018
Published by NHTSA2017-11-03
Manufacturer's numberSMT-SB 437 1 Nov
Manufacturer's date2012-11-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL

NHTSA's summary

Service Bulletin 437 describes procedure to remove and replace the panniers.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals

Vehicles listed
TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD2010
TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD A12011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
11V2770002011-05-10. EQUIPMENT

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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