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Service bulletin TJ-18381-7

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10037821
Published by NHTSA2011-06-06
Manufacturer's numberTJ-18381-7
Manufacturer's date2010-12-21
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS

NHTSA's summary

VOLVO: WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR ON AN UNEVEN ROAD THERE MAY BE A KNOCKING OR RATTLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT STRUTS. THERE MAY BE A DEFECTIVE TOP BEARING OR A COIL SPRING IN CONFLICT WITH THE BODY STRUT TOWER. *RM

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
VOLVO C302007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
VOLVO C70
VOLVO C702006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
VOLVO S40
VOLVO S402004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
VOLVO V502005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TJ20803.20.0-2012019-04-15. Service bulletin. This is a Technical Journal: In case of complaint of Noise, some "tools" have been created to help you to do a better and more precise fault tracing
TL-201092010-11-22. Service bulletin. VOLVO: KNOCKING NOISE FROM FRONT CONTROL ARM, REAR BUSHING. A KNOCKING OR RATTLING METALLIC NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION AT START AND STOP, AND IN COME CASES PULLING OR A MISALIGNED STEERING WHEEL. *PE
RTJ-146692009-12-23. Service bulletin. VOLVO: FRONT WHEEL HUB AND DRIVER SHAFT, BEARING NOISE. AT TIMES A BEARING (BUZZING) NOISE CAN BE HEARD FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE DURING NORMAL DRIVING. THE NOISE WILL GET HIGHER IN PITCH AS VEHICLE SPEED INCREASES. *PE
60072005-09-12. Service bulletin. FRONT END PULLS LEFT OR RIGHT (CAMBER ADJUSTMENT) *TT