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Service bulletin No. 17-14

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id11020494
Published by NHTSA2025-07-09
Manufacturer's numberNo. 17-14
Manufacturer's date2025-06-14
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

Symptom-based workshop manual for a Noise Symptom - Noises from Around the Steering Shaft: Replace Intermediate Steering Shaft

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

Steering

Vehicles listed
PORSCHE MACAN2014
PORSCHE MACAN2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
PORSCHE MACAN GTS2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE MACAN S2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE MACAN SPORT EDITION2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE MACAN TURBO2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

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