MKW-M81-1
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
MKW ALLOY: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE CHROME AND GLOSS BLACK ALUMINUM WHEELS WOULD GRADUALLY LOSE AIR IN AREA OF WHEEL SPOKE MEETING BARREL.. THIS DECREASE GAS MILEAGE AND INCREASE TIRE WEAR. *PE
Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
MKW-M81-1
MKW ALLOY: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE CHROME AND GLOSS BLACK ALUMINUM WHEELS WOULD GRADUALLY LOSE AIR IN AREA OF WHEEL SPOKE MEETING BARREL.. THIS DECREASE GAS MILEAGE AND INCREASE TIRE WEAR. *PE
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.