Service bulletin PC251

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	10192252
Published by NHTSA	2021-05-10
Manufacturer's number	PC251
Manufacturer's date	2013-10-18
NHTSA component	SERVICE BRAKES

NHTSA's summary

Infiniti is conducting a Retailer service action to inspect and, if necessary, replace one or both of the front brake torque members on certain specific 2013 Infiniti JX35 or 2014 Infiniti QX60 vehicles currently in Retailer inventory

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

Brakes

Vehicles listed
INFINITI JX35	2013
INFINITI QX60	2014

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V012000	2015-01-14. SERVICE BRAKES
13V445000	2013-10-17. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
2013355	2013-10-16. Brakes
2013118	2013-04-12. Brakes

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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