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Service bulletin No. 16-15

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 id11015092
Published by NHTSA2025-03-05
Manufacturer's numberNo. 16-15
Manufacturer's date2025-01-17
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

Symptom-based workshop manual - Noise Symptom-Strong Vibrations During Acceleration: Replacing Front Drive Shafts (SY 16/15)

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
PORSCHE MACAN2014
PORSCHE MACAN2015, 2016, 2017

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V6800002016-09-20. SUSPENSION:FRONT
20164572016-09-19. Suspension

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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No. D7572026-03-02. Service bulletin. Parts information for parts withdrawal involving the retaining spring. The vehicles affected are cars that use part number 95C615269E
No. D705.12025-01-07. Service bulletin. Parts information for parts withdrawal for information on the cardan shaft and shock absorber. The vehicles affected are cars that use part numbers 958521101, 958521101A, 9J1413031G
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No. D6862024-07-03. Service bulletin. Parts information for parts withdrawal involving the air spring
No. 16-152020-10-01. Service bulletin. Instructions on replacing the front drive shafts on the Macan.
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