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Service bulletin 122-B6M5R-04

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 id10173033
Published by NHTSA2020-04-01
Manufacturer's number122-B6M5R-04
Manufacturer's date2020-03-06
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

Update on how to replace the tie rod on the rear axle and reprogram the vehicle on affected 918 and 911 models.

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

Steering

Vehicles listed
PORSCHE 9112014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
PORSCHE 918 SPYDER2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 918 SPYDER2016

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20166112016-12-07. Steering

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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