# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 11015092
- Published by NHTSA: 2025\-03\-05
- Manufacturer's number: No. 16\-15
- Manufacturer's date: 2025\-01\-17
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

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

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11015092-0001.pdf)
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## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 PORSCHE MACAN
- 2015 to 2017 PORSCHE MACAN

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [16V680000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V680000.md), 2016-09-20: SUSPENSION:FRONT
- [2016457](/recalls/tc/2016457.md), 2016-09-19: Suspension

## 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. D781](/bulletins/11032393.md), 2026-05-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Parts information for parts withdrawal involving \(992513031K\) Shock absorber \(spring cyl.\). The vehicles affected are ones that use the part number mentioned.
- [No. D757](/bulletins/11029108.md), 2026-03-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Parts information for parts withdrawal involving the retaining spring. The vehicles affected are cars that use part number 95C615269E
- [No. D705.1](/bulletins/11012557.md), 2025-01-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN; SUSPENSION. 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
- [No. D705](/bulletins/11012556.md), 2025-01-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; POWER TRAIN. 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
- [No. D686](/bulletins/11003051.md), 2024-07-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Parts information for parts withdrawal involving the air spring
- [No. 16\-15](/bulletins/10180565.md), 2020-10-01, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. Instructions on replacing the front drive shafts on the Macan.
- [122\-B2R3T\-10](/bulletins/10084205.md), 2016-11-14, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. "THERE IS INCREASED FRICTION IN THE AIR SPRING COMPRESSOR VALVES AT TEMPERATURES BELOW –13° F \(–25° C\). THIS CAN RESULT IN A SITUATION IN WHICH THE MAXIMUM CONTROL CURRENT IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ACTUATE THE VALVES. AS A RESULT, A WARNING MESSAGE WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND PORSCHE ACTIVE SUSPENSION MANAGEMENT \(PASM\) WILL STOP WORKING TEMPORARILY. RE\-PROGRAM PASM CONTROL UNIT USING THE PIWIS TESTER WITH SOFTWARE VERSION 33.010.030 \(PIWIS TESTER 3\) OR VERSION 17.100.030 \(PIWIS TESTER II\) OR A HIGHER SOFTWARE VERSION INSTALLED."

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