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Service bulletin 122-C6E3W-04

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10173041
Published by NHTSA2020-04-02
Manufacturer's number122-C6E3W-04
Manufacturer's date2020-03-13
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

Updated bulletin with instructions for replacing the intermediate steering shaft on affected Macan vehicles.

The document

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Components

Steering

Vehicles listed
PORSCHE MACAN2014
PORSCHE MACAN2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

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

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