{"nhtsa_id":10146729,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-05","date":"2017-06-01","document_id":"M410117","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SERVICE ACTION: REWORK TAILGATE HINGE BOLTS. The tailgate may be hard to open or won?t open. The bolts on the tailgate hinge may not have been tightened to the required torque specification.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10146729-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10146729-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10146729","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_mini_cooper-convertible"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"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":[]}