# Service bulletin TT420801

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: 10238609
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-07\-05
- Manufacturer's number: TT420801
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-09\-13
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## 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

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10238609-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10238609-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2010 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [V4016012043146\_4](/bulletins/11026184.md), 2025-12-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. What is and what is not a leaking suspension strut.
- [V4616012043146\_3](/bulletins/11021372.md), 2025-08-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. How to identify and when to replace a leaking strut
- [Edition92](/bulletins/10243007.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition41](/bulletins/10242398.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [TT 42\-08\-01](/bulletins/10157430.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Tech Tips \(Clicking Noise from Rear End\): This document informs 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 noise could be mistaken for a differential noise if using chassis ears, because of the noise transferring through the rear axle.
- [TT 42\-08\-01](/bulletins/10155849.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES; SUSPENSION. Tech Tips \(Clicking Noise from Rear End\): This document informs 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 noise could be mistaken for a differential noise if using chassis ears, because of the noise transferring through the rear axle.
- [V401601 2043146](/bulletins/10121114.md), 2017-10-31, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER; SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER. Technical Bulletin about a customer concern stating that customer observed one or more of the shocks/struts appearing to have an oil leak. Document contains examples of Strut or Shock Absorber Leak Assessments
- [TT42\-08\-01](/bulletins/10070769.md), 2016-06-13, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [0401](/bulletins/10007687.md), 2004-07-08, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MULTI\-FUNCTION DISPLAY SHOWS AN AIR SUSPENSION ERROR MESSAGE. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) 00774, 00775, 00776, 01769 MAY ALSO BE STORED IN MEMORY. \*TT

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