{"nhtsa_id":10086863,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-12-21","date":"2013-09-17","document_id":"A12-082","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SERVICE BULLETIN - A CLUNK IS HEARD IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING OVER IRREGULAR SURFACES AND IN HOT WEATHER. THE NOISE GOES AWAY TEMPORARILY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS LIFTED IN THE AIR (THE SUSPENSION IS ALLOWED TO HANG) AND THEN RETURNED TO THE GROUND. REPLACE BOTH OF THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WITH UPDATED SERVICE PARTS MADE TO ADDRESS THIS SPECIFIC SYMPTOM.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10086863","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"HONDA","model":"ACCORD","year_from":2008,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_honda_accord","2009_honda_accord","2010_honda_accord","2011_honda_accord","2012_honda_accord"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"ACCORD CROSSTOUR","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_honda_accord-crosstour","2011_honda_accord-crosstour"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"CROSSTOUR","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_honda_crosstour","2013_honda_crosstour"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}