{"nhtsa_id":10106836,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-06-16","date":"2017-01-05","document_id":"ATS160905","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"\"TECHLINE SUMMARY ARTICLE - SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE REPORTED THAT WHEN OPENING THE TAILGATE AFTER IT RAINS THEY’RE GETTING DOUSED WITH A STREAM OF WATER WHILE STANDING UNDER IT. WE’RE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAVE IT UNDER INVESTIGATION. IF THE WATER IS STREAMING DOWN ALONG THE SIDES OF THE TAILGATE, IT’S NORMAL. THE TAILGATE IS DESIGNED TO DO THIS.\"","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10106836","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"HONDA","model":"PILOT","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_honda_pilot"]}],"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":[]}