# Service bulletin 9802

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: 603329
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-02\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 9802
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-09\-03
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT

## NHTSA's summary

CLUNKING OR RATTLING NOISE FROM ONE OR BOTH SIDES OF FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROADS. \*YC

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 AUDI A4
- 1998 AUDI A6
- 1997 AUDI A8

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [11242004](/bulletins/10016418.md), 2005-09-12, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM. SERVICE ACTION JE CAMPAIGN\-CHECK/REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS. AUDI HAS FOUND THAT IN RARE CASES, ONE OR BOTH FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON AFFECTED VEHICLES CAN EXHIBIT WEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE DAMAGE TO THE RUBBER BOOTS IS NOT OBVIOUS. \*SC
- [JE](/bulletins/10011699.md), 2005-01-29, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM. CHECK/REPLACE REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS. \*TC
- [JE](/bulletins/10009875.md), 2004-11-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM. BOTH FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS CAN EXHIBIT WEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE DAMAGE TO THE RUBBER BOOTS IS NOT OBVIOUS. SERVICE ACTION CIRCULAR TO CHECK/REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS. \*TT
- [042804](/bulletins/10007130.md), 2004-05-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM. SERVICE ACTION TO INSPECT LOWER CONTROL ARM SEALS. \*TT
- [400101](/bulletins/627071.md), 2002-02-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. SUBJECT REGARDING NOISY FRONT SUSPENSION. \*JG
- [9801G](/bulletins/600734.md), 1998-06-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. SUBJECT ON ABS FRONT AXLE COMPONENTS. \*YC
- [9801E](/bulletins/600732.md), 1998-06-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. INFORMATION ON REAR AXLE COMPONENTS. \*YC
- [9801D](/bulletins/600730.md), 1998-06-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON\-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION ON FRONT AXLE COMPONENTS. \*YC

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