{"nhtsa_id":10158905,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-04-22","date":"2017-06-30","document_id":"17246","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN; STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"17246 - Service Update. Vehicles that have been serviced for an electric power steering (EPS) motor condition, may have had the motor installed/reinstalled with the incorrect fastener torque, resulting in insufficient clamp load. Dealers are to tighten the fasteners to the revised specification, to achieve the specified torque.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10158905-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10158905-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10158905","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_chevrolet_malibu"]}],"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":[]}