# Service bulletin A401649 2043033\-

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10118342
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-10\-04
- Manufacturer's number: A401649 2043033\-
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-02\-02
- NHTSA component: WHEELS; SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING

## NHTSA's summary

A cracking noise is heard from the front end of the vehicle when the driving direction is changed from reverse to forward. A slight movement of the stub axle in the wheel bearing causes the noise.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10118342-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10118342-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Suspension, Wheels, Wheel bearing

## Vehicles listed

- 2015 AUDI Q3

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10118342](/v1/bulletins/10118342)

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