{"nhtsa_id":10090409,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-03","date":"2015-05-28","document_id":"12-184-15","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)","mfr_system":null,"summary":"IF YOU RECEIVE A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF A CREAK OR POPPING-TYPE SOUND HEARD WHEN DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH PEDAL, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE SPOT WELD(S) ATTACHING THE CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET TO THE BULKHEAD AND / OR A PEDAL BRACKET MOUNTING TAB MAY BE BROKEN. THE RESULT IS INCREASED FLEXING OF THE PEDAL BRACKET AND / OR BULKHEAD WHICH CAN CAUSE THE SOUND TO OCCUR. OUR INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT ALTHOUGH THE CONDITION IS INFREQUENT, IT TYPICALLY OCCURS AS A RESULT OF VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS (E.G. AFTERMARKET RACING CLUTCHES), COMPETITIVE DRIVING OR VEHICLE ABUSE. THE PHOTOS BELOW SHOW EXAMPLES OF BROKEN COWL AREA SPOT WELDS AND A CRACKED PEDAL BRACKET MOUNTING TAB SPOT WELD.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10090409","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"clutch","name":"Clutch","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"WRX","year_from":2008,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"WRX STI","year_from":2008,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}