# Service bulletin 122\-C6E3W\-04

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: 10173041
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-04\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 122\-C6E3W\-04
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-03\-13
- NHTSA component: STEERING

## NHTSA's summary

Updated bulletin with instructions for replacing the intermediate steering shaft on affected Macan vehicles.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10173041-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10173041-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Steering

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 PORSCHE MACAN
- 2015 to 2018 PORSCHE MACAN

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SPTL2609](/bulletins/11037868.md), 2026-10-02, Service bulletin: WHEELS; STEERING; SUSPENSION. Special Tools and Equipment Information for alignment machines \- Q3 2026 Software Spec Update Available
- [SPTL2608](/bulletins/11037083.md), 2026-09-04, Service bulletin: WHEELS; SUSPENSION; STEERING. Special Tools and Equipment Information for alignment machines \- Q2 2026 Software Spec Update Available
- [No. D733](/bulletins/11022917.md), 2025-09-08, Service bulletin: STEERING. Parts information for parts withdrawal involving \(PAD423051B\) the Steering Gear with Track Rods. The vehicles affected are cars that use the part mentioned.
- [No. 17\-14](/bulletins/11020494.md), 2025-07-09, Service bulletin: STEERING. Symptom\-based workshop manual for a Noise Symptom \- Noises from Around the Steering Shaft: Replace Intermediate Steering Shaft
- [No. 132\-17](/bulletins/10209868.md), 2022-04-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; STEERING. Symptom based workshop manual information: customer complaint is a vibration/jerking during acceleration. Check transfer gear.
- [No. 43\-14](/bulletins/10175924.md), 2020-06-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; STEERING. Information on retrofitting Power Steering Plus on the Macan.
- [122\-X6C3S\-01](/bulletins/10169744.md), 2020-01-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STEERING. Instructions for replacing the intermediate steering shaft in the event that there are noise complaints from the customer.
- [122\-N4G6E\-09](/bulletins/10117511.md), 2017-09-14, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STEERING. Symptom: Customers complain about disturbing noises coming from the footwell area on the driver's side while steering. Cause: The surface of the foam rubber seal in the sealing sleeves starts to wear and crumble due to high temperatures. This effect causes the reported noise. Remedial Action: In the event of a customer complaint on a vehicle that: \* was produced before the date of introduction \(June 02, 2016\), replace the existing intermediate steering shaft with a new, modified intermediate steering shaft with felt ring, see Workshop Manual \- Workshop Manual '482819 Removing and installing intermediate steering shaft', \* was produced after the date of introduction \(June 02, 2016\) or was already replaced by the new type of intermediate steering shaft \(with felt ring\),

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