{"nhtsa_id":10011496,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2005-01-26","date":"2004-11-01","document_id":"510997","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SERVICE ACTION TO INSTALL HOOD LATCH GUIDE PLATE. CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT HAVING TO TAKE SPECIAL CARE NOT TO EXERT A SIDE FORCE WHEN CLOSING THE HOOD IN ORDER TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THE PAINT IN THE STRIKER AREA IN CASE THE HOOD LATCH IS NOT INSERTED IN A STRAIGHT DOWN DIRECTION. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10011496","components":[{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null},{"id":"hood-latch","name":"Hood latch","parent":"latches-locks"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"UNKNOWN","model":"UNKNOWN","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}