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Service bulletin SMT-TN-152

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 id10192914
Published by NHTSA2021-05-10
Manufacturer's numberSMT-TN-152
Manufacturer's date2013-12-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

NHTSA's summary

The torque figure for the brake line unions to the ABS modulator has changed to 15 Nm on the above 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

Engine

Vehicles listed
TRIUMPH TIGER 8002011, 2012, 2013, 2014
TRIUMPH TIGER 800 XC2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
TRIUMPH TIGER 800 XCX2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
TRIUMPH TIGER 800 XRT2017 (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
20144952014-11-03. Engine
20113182011-08-23. Engine
11V4340002011-08-22. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

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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