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Service bulletin 122-A8U3D-05

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 id10138297
Published by NHTSA2018-05-21
Manufacturer's number122-A8U3D-05
Manufacturer's date2018-04-13
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; SUSPENSION:REAR; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

Condition Loose or Damaged M8 Threaded Inserts Technical Background The protective panel below the engine is actually an integral part of the rear CFRP monocoque. The rear suspension must never be ladened without this panel properly installed and at least the eight M8 fasteners installed and tightened to specification (see Figure 1).

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

Engine, Equipment and accessories, Suspension

Vehicles listed
PORSCHE 918 SPYDER2015 (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
18V2870002018-05-03. SUSPENSION:REAR; SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
20182252018-05-02. Suspension
16V8850002016-12-09. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
15V3350002015-06-01. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
14V8160002014-12-23. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
20145802014-12-19. Suspension
20143192014-07-29. Suspension
14V4570002014-07-28. SUSPENSION:REAR

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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