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Service bulletin TT420801

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10238609
Published by NHTSA2023-07-05
Manufacturer's numberTT420801
Manufacturer's date2013-09-13
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

For a complaint of ?clicking noise when backing up and then braking?, be sure to check the lower outboard control arm in the rear suspension for any play in the bushing.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

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

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