Service bulletin IPSB15-286a

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	10136635
Published by NHTSA	2018-05-14
Manufacturer's number	IPSB15-286a
Manufacturer's date	2018-03-07
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

DBS Enhancement ? Checking Inventory for Open Campaigns UPDATE February 26, 2018 Please discard earlier versions of this bulletin The announcement from December 21, 2015 has been revised to include: 1. New functionality for identifying stop sales and parts restrictions for vehicles in dealer inventory 2. RDR warning messages when vehicles affected by a stop sale are submitted for retail delivery

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

Electrical system, Software

Vehicles listed
INFINITI G37	2014
INFINITI M35 HYBRID	2014
INFINITI Q40	2015
INFINITI Q50	2014, 2015
INFINITI Q50 HYBRID	2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
INFINITI Q60	2014, 2015
INFINITI Q70	2014, 2015
INFINITI Q70 HYBRID	2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
INFINITI QX50	2014, 2015
INFINITI QX60	2014, 2015
INFINITI QX60 HYBRID	2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
INFINITI QX70	2014, 2015
INFINITI QX80	2014, 2015

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
14V138000	2014-03-25. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
13V445000	2013-10-17. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

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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