{"nhtsa_id":10243636,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-10-06","date":"2023-10-05","document_id":"DOR51023-BJ50075","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"The castle nut configuration is incorrect for some advertised vehicle applications. There was no flange on the castle nut to secure the ball joint to the mating control arm. This communication to customers is to return their unsold inventory to be reworked with a castle nut with a large outer diameter flange.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10243636-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10243636-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10243636","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"DORMAN","model":"SUSPENSION BALL JOINT","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":[]}