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Service bulletin NTB96086A

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 id613975
Published by NHTSA2000-09-22
Manufacturer's numberNTB96086A
Manufacturer's date2000-06-06
ReplacesNTB96086
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN CONTAINS A NEW TIMING CHAIR TENSIONER, TENSIONER GASKET AND GUIDE IF A RATTLE OF EITHER SEVERAL SECONDS OR CONTINUOUSLY IS HEARD COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE TIMING CHAIN COVER WHEN THE ENGINE IS STARTED AFTER A COLD SOAK FOR VEHICLES WITHIN CERTAIN VIN RANGES. *TT

The document

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Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
NISSAN MAXIMA1995, 1996

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

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